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STEVE OWINGS RACES TO 3RD 358 SPRINT CAR WIN OF '19 AT TRAIL-WAY

Hanover, Pa. (7/26/19) – Westminster's Steve Owings took advantage of a second-chance restart and avoided near disaster with a lapped car, en route to his third 358 Sprint Car win of 2019 at Trail-Way Speedway.

The 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic sponsored feature began with a tight, back-and-forth battle between Owings, Jeff Rohrbaugh and Mike Bittinger. The three drivers jockeyed for position while Dylan Norris battled polesitter Andrew Hake for the lead.

"It was a tricky night," Owings admitted in victory lane. "I tried running the bottom and it was really slick. Rohrbaugh was down there, and I knew he was going to stay down there. He's the fastest one to go around on the bottom. I started moving up, and the car started pushing and pushing, so I started pushing the wing back, and we got it in a good spot."

Following a lap 6 caution, Norris was able to pass Hake on the restart. However, three laps later, Rohrbaugh and Owings raced around Hake, immediately setting their sights on the leader. The following lap, Owings maneuvered around Rohrbaugh for the runner-up spot.

A slowing Steven Kisamore brought out the caution, putting Owings inches behind Norris for the next restart. Owings raced around the top of Norris, taking the lead coming out of turn two. However, a car hitting the cone on the restart brought the field back together and erased Owings' pass for the lead.

Wise to Owings' game, Norris was able to protect the high side on the next restart, but only through turns one and two. Owings took advantage of the mere inches Norris gave him in turns three and four, zipping around him and taking the lead on the 12th lap.

"Nobody is gonna let you do that two times in a row, and I knew it!" Owings said. "I knew I couldn't run the bottom, so I figured maybe he might go down just a little bit, enough to give us room to go up around the top."

Owings' final obstacle of the night came on the 18th lap as he approached lapped traffic. While passing the slower car of Brody Treaster, Treaster suddenly checked up, sending Owings' sprinter in the air as he climbed Treaster's rear wheel.

"That 10 came up there, and he was down, then all of a sudden at the last minute he was up," Owings said. "We ran over him on the back straightaway, but we were going 15 miles per hour faster. Thank God. I thought the front would've been pushed back!"

Owings' sprint car suffered minimal damage and he maintained the lead over the final seven laps, winning his 23rd career 358 Sprint Car feature at Trail-Way.

Owings' three wins at Trail-Way and two wins at Lincoln Speedway put him at the top of the 2019 358 Sprint Car win list.Following Owings across the line was Norris, Rohrbaugh, Cody Fletcher and Bittinger.

Heat wins went to Fletcher and Bittinger.

Jesse Snyder got the monkey off his back with a win in the 20-lap 600 Micro Sprint feature Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway.

"By most people's standards we are having a good year," Snyder said, "but to finish second and third most of the year, it felt like this would never come."Polesitter Jayden Wolf held a 1.161 second lead when the caution came out for Scott Gesford stopping in turns one and two.

Snyder wasted no time on the restart, passing the rookie driver and taking the lead on the 14th lap.

Snyder crossed the line 2.831 seconds ahead of Wolf, who finished in the runner-up spot. Third through fifth went to Jim Young, Zane Rudisill and Bradley Weber.

Outside polesitter, Ryan Smith, took the lead on the initial start and held on for 20 laps to win his third career Street Stock feature at Trail-Way Speedway."The car was a little loose in the heat race, so we threw the book at it and it worked," Smith said in victory lane.

Carroll led the entire 15-lap feature, claiming his sixth win of 2019 at Trail-Way.

Completing the top five were Matt Worley, Matt Chronister, Travis Brown and Justin Oberlin.

Worley, Brown and Jason Chronister were heat race winners.

Roland Brown won the 20-lap Classic Car Lyle Adcock Memorial. Brown led the entire feature and was followed at the line by Wes Brown, Jim Rost, Neal Reamer and Jimmy Combs.Heat wins went to Roland and Wes Brown.

Hanover, Pa. (7/12/19)- Wapwallopen's John Walp led them all to score his second career win in Friday night's Pennsylvania Sprint Series 25-lap feature at Trail-Way Speedway.

"For the first time coming to this track, it couldn't have worked out better," said Walp upon exiting his GMS Piling Products/LaNapoli Pizza/Dotzel Trucking #5 in victory lane, "Our set-up was just right. There was lots of moisture on the bottom, so I just stayed there."

Walp started on the pole and was ahead of three aborted attempts to start the race, one of which resulted in a multi-car crash that involved a flipping Keith Prutzman, who was uninjured. Walp restarted at the point, and was never headed, despite heavy pressure from New Jersey driver Tom Carberry over the middle stages of the race. Carberry eventually got sideways in turn two of lap 21, driving through the infield but only losing two spots in the process.

From there, Walp drove away to the win, with fourth-starting Jack Frye crossing second and Dylan Shatzer starting and finishing third. Jaremi Hanson and Carberry rounded out the top five.

Once the race got started, it didn't stop, establishing a 25-lap PASS feature record of 6 minutes, 30.953 seconds.

Qualifiers for the 16 PASS Sprints were won by Walp and Tyler Reinhart, who was involved in the first lap red flag and came back to finish eighth.

Johnstown's Jim Young set fast time, took the feaure lead from his second starting spot on the first turn, and drove to his 13th career Trail-Way win in the 20-lap championship event for 600cc micro-sprints. Young was piloting a car he built nine years ago after destroying his car in a crash two weeks ago.

Jamie Zentmyer started fourth, grabbed the lead on the first lap, and led the rest of the way to claim his second win of the year and second of his T-W career in the 20-lap street stock feature. Polesitter Jeremy Stremmel finished second, with Aaron Beard, Wayne Dutterer, and Danny Beard rounding out the top five.Heats for the 11 street stocks were won by Dalton Myers and Marshall McMullen.

Matt Chronister started on the pole and led every lap of the 15-lap limited stock feature.

Robbie Carroll made it interesting near the end, coming from 12th starting spot to close on the leader, but then spinning sideways and dropping from the race in the final two turns. Matt Worley started second, ran in the top five the entire race, and got around Carroll to cross second at the end, with Cody Klinedinst coming from 21st starting spot to finish third. Justin Oberlin and Carl Cassell completed the top five.

Qualifiers for the 21 limited stocks were won by Matt Chronister, Carroll, and Worley.

Hanover, Pa. (6/21/19) – Four years of highs and lows brought Stewartstown’s Steven Kisamore to this very moment: Standing on the frontstretch, checkered flag in hand, minutes after claiming his first career Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic 358 Sprint Car win at Trail-Way Speedway.

“It’s taken a while to get here,” Kisamore admitted in victory lane. “We’ve been trying at it for four years, me and my dad… It’s been me and my dad for the past three years, just me and him, and I think some of the stuff we did, just the two of us, was pretty impressive.”

Kisamore, who started on the pole, had to put together 25 flawless laps with Steve Owings charging towards the front.

Kisamore noted, “As soon as I saw 35 up on the scoreboard, I said, ‘Oh man, this is going to be tough… I’m going to have to work for it now!’ ”That’s exactly what Kisamore did.

Owings raced around Tim McClelland for the runner up spot on the 10th lap, but found himself at a two-second disadvantage. As the laps ticked down, Owings continued to close in on Kisamore.

With only a half-second lead and a lap car in Kisamore’s sights, Owings slightly hit the berm in turns one and two widening the gap to nearly a second.As the white flag waved, Kisamore maneuvered his sprinter around Kyle Rohrbaugh’s lapped car, with Owings following, inches behind.

Kisamore hit his marks coming into three and four and was able to cross the line by a margin of .374 seconds over Owings.

“It was awesome to see him win,” Owings said while claiming the Big Mike’s Crabhouse Hard Charger award. “Obviously I would’ve rather won, but finishing second wasn’t bad. He did an awesome job.”

Following Kisamore and Owings across the line were McClelland, David Holbrook and Joe Trone Jr.Heat winners for the 358 Sprint Cars were Kisamore and Owings.

Following a big win last Saturday at Path Valley Speedway Park, Randy Kunkle backed it up with his second consecutive 600 Micro Sprint victory Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway.

Kunkle started on the outside pole, immediately grabbed the lead and proceeded to hold off late race charges from Jesse Snyder.Snyder was unable to make anything work, finishing the night in the runner up spot. Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger Bradley Weber, Hayden Miller and Travis Keiser completed the top five.

Jim Young and Snyder were heat race winners.

“This is no cakewalk,” Sam Gallagher exclaimed after exiting his Street Stock. “Any one of those guys can end up in victory lane.”

Gallagher may have led the entire 20-lap Street Stocks feature race, but the show was behind him.

Father-son duo Danny and Aaron Beard never let Gallagher pull too far away, but they also had their hands full with the previous week’s feature winner, Jamie Zentmyer.

Zentmyer, who started last, raced alongside Danny Beard, trying for a podium finish but was unable to make anything stick.Aaron Beard finished second followed by Danny Beard, Zentmyer and Dalton Myers.

Gallagher was the lone heat race winner.

It’s rare to see someone pass Robbie Carroll at Trail-Way Speedway in 2019. Matt Chronister did just that. Unfortunately for Chronister, a fuel issue on the ninth lap led to his car stopping in turn two, handing the lead back to Carroll with only a handful of laps remaining.

Carroll would race on to this fifth win of 2019 with Robert Rudisill Jr. finishing in the runner up spot. Cody Klinedinst, Jason Chronister and Terry Hartlaub completed the top five.

Hanover, Pa. (5/31/19) –David Holbrook took over the season-long points lead by scoring his first win of the year in the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

The driver Holbrook was focused on was none other than Westminster's Steve Owings. A flat tire on Dylan Norris' #44 sprint car brought out a lap 19 caution, lining up Owings inches behind Holbrook for the restart.

Holbrook maintained his lead with Owings lurking through the closing laps. Then with one lap to go, Owings lost control of his sprinter and spun to a stop in turn two, bringing out the final caution flag.

"I tried to run it harder and harder and harder and I didn't see him," Holbrook continued, 'I hate to see him spin out like that but it was a pretty good race."Outside polesitter, Cody Fletcher, led the initial nine laps, until spinning and coming to a stop in turn four.

"As a driver you can pick up on that stuff a little bit," Holbrook said, "I saw the wheels going further and further to the right and I thought, I gotta gas it or I'm just going to hit him. Luckily I got off the gas at the right time and got on by and we got on with the program."

Fletcher recovered from the early race spin, making his way into the top four with 10 laps remaining.

At that time, Holbrook, Norris, Owings and Fletcher began to weave their way through lapped traffic. Holbrook admitted that's exactly what he wanted to see."I was hoping for lap traffic because it kind of makes it a little harder for those other guys," Holbrook said. "You have to pick and choose, and with lap cars you can't be patient with them. You kind of have to move them or hope they get out of the way. I was hitting lap cars just perfect with Dylan behind me and I saw the #35 (Owings) and he does the same things; he'll just move them or do what he's gotta do."

Norris' eventual flat tire and Owings' last lap caution dramatically changed the overall top five. Holbrook took the checkered flag with a 1.166 second lead over Fletcher. Wyatt Hinkle finished third followed by Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger, Mike Bittinger, and Joe Trone Jr. Heat winners were Holbrook and Owings.

Will Walls dominated the 20-lap Street Stock feature by starting on the pole and leading every lap, en route to his second win of 2019 at Trail-Way Speedway."It should've been three in a row last week," Walls said in victory lane. "I passed Gallagher, the caution came out and I lost power steering. I'm not built to drive one of these without power steering, so it didn't work out too good."

Walls was followed by Jamie Zentmyer, who made the pass on Danny Beard for the runner-up spot on the 15th lap. Danny Beard finished third followed by son Aaron Beard and rookie driver Dylan Welsh completing the top five.

Walls and Gallagher were heat winners.

York's Joe Long Jr. started outside polesitter, Brian Marriott, jumped to an immediate lead and never looked back. The win marked Long's sixth career 270 Micro Sprint victory at Trail-Way Speedway.

Long finished in front of a hard charging Brent Bull by .535 seconds, however Bull was docked two positions for jumping a previous start. Steven Cox and Chad Myers were credited with second and third, giving Bull a fourth place finish. Tyler Brown completed the top five.

Hellam's Keera Dupler started last in the 19-car field and raced her way to a ninth place finish claiming the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award.Bull and Zachary Glass were heat race winners.

Limited Stock all-time race winner, Matt Chronister, claimed his first win of 2019 at Trail-Way Speedway, after inheriting the lead on lap 5 when leader Terry Hartlaub brought out the caution.

Chronister would hold on for this 42nd career victory and was followed by Cody Klinedinst, Justin Williamson, Robbie Carroll and Jason Chronister.Heat wins went to Carroll, Williamson and Matt Chronister.

Hanover, Pa. (5/24/19): Carlisle's Todd Leonard desperately needed something to go right, to turn his 2019 Wingless Sportsman season around. A win, in only his first time racing at Trail-Way Speedway, might have done the trick.

"The way the first couple of weeks went, this feels really good," an elated Leonard said in victory lane. "We were terrible the first couple of weeks. This is just nice that we're finally here and we ran laps. We still have a lot of problems—my power steering keeps cutting out and I really don't have any breaks, but tonight it worked out."

Polesitter, Derek Sheaffer, along with Leonard and Joey Biasi, jockeyed for position on the initial start. Sheaffer settlled into the lead and was followed closely by Leonard, Biasi and Rohan Beasley.

Leonard immediately tried to make something happen, first down the backstretch on lap three and again going into turn one, the following lap, but was denied both times.

A lap seven caution, caused by Gene Eppley, brought the leaders, who were beginning to approach lap traffic, back together.On the next start, Leonard attempted a slide job on Sheaffer, making contact with Sheaffer's #4 Wingless Sportsman. The move gave Leonard the lead and shuffled Sheaffer back to third.

"Unfortunately I got into the 4 (Sheaffer) back there, but that was not my intention," Leonard admitted. "I thought I could give him more room, but unfortunately I knocked him out of the way. I feel bad for that. He ran me clean after that, so I'm sorry to the 4 team."

Leonard pulled away to a commanding lead over the top five, leaving Biasi and Sheaffer to battle it out for the runner-up spot.

On lap 16, Sheaffer tried the inside of Biasi, going low into turn one, making the pass stick coming out of two and taking over second heading down the backstretch. Biasi would not go away easily, trying to make a move to the inside of Sheaffer in turn four.

The race's second caution would delay Biasi's advances for second. To the shock of many, while under yellow flag conditions, Sheaffer pulled off of the track.Biasi was able to set his sights on race leader, Leonard, for the final laps of the 25-lap feature race. However, Leonard, had other plans, immediately pulling away from Biasi and going on to take the checkered flag with a 1.851 second lead.

Flexwright Chassis Tour announcer, Trish Heller, made mention of Carmen Perigo winning the 2018 Wingelss Sportsman feature at Trail-Way after losing his power steering on lap three, which is something Leonard understood all too well.

"When you're out front it's alright," Leonard said, "You can choose your line, you can use the cushion... beautiful track, by the way... this is actually my first time ever on this track, so to win is really cool. I'll take a track like that ever week!"

Joey Biasi finished second followed by Beasley in third. Wilbur and Tom Savage completed the top five.

Lady racer, Hannah Riser, claimed her fourth career 600 Micro Sprint victory, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Riser held off a persistent Brian Kramer, who at one point, pulled alongside Riser on lap 17, sending both drivers drag racing down the backstretch.

The tight battle continued with Riser and Kramer committing to their lines, resulting in Kramer jumping the berm and spinning out, entering turn four.Jesse Snyder, who assumed the runner-up spot, was never able to challenge Riser for the win, giving him the second place finish.

Fifth starting Mike Rutherford, who had an issue with the shifter linkage, was shuffled back to eighth in the opening laps. He battled his way back to the front for a third place finish.

Sam Gallagher completed the race winning pass on Marshall McMullen, on the sixth lap of the 20-lap Precise Racing Products Street Stock feature.Gallagher repeatedly closed the door on eighth starting, Will Walls, over the closing laps. Walls took to the high side on the backstretch and smacked the wall attempting to pass McMullen on the last lap.

Wayne Dutterer Jr., McMullen, Dylan Welsh and Aaron Beard were able to take advantage of Walls' slowed car, crossing before him and completing the top five. Walls finished sixth.

Mike Rutherford got around racelong leader, Steven Cox, on the final lap of the 20-lap 270 Micro Sprint feature, to claim his 17th career 270 Micro win at Trail-Way Speedway.

A 19th lap caution for debris on the frontstretch gave Rutherford one final opportunity to make a move for the win. Rutherford completed the pass on the restart giving him his first micro win of 2019 at Trail-Way.

Cox finished second followed by Chad Myers, Levi Peck and Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger, Cory Myers, who completed the top five.

Hanover, Pa. (5/17/19): Mike Bittinger’s commitment to the high side paid off as he held off Steve Owings by .105 seconds to claim the Insinger Performance 358 Sprint Car Spring championship and his 18th career Trail-Way Speedway 358 victory.

“I’ll tell you what,” Bittinger began in victory lane, “if you guys get this track like this every week it’s going to be nuts around here. I love it! This is great!”Bittinger continued, “I was beginning to wonder…am I getting too old or am I losing it? We started up front… but I’m going to take this one for sure.”

The Abbottstown driver started on the pole with New Oxford’s Kenny Kuhn starting on the outside of the front row. Kuhn was able to maintain second for the first five laps until Cody Fletcher took advantage of him on a lap five restart, taking over the runner up spot, with Owings following Fletcher past Kuhn a lap later.

Four laps later, the leaders entered lapped traffic, giving Bittinger his first obstacle of the night.

“The unique part was that those lapped guys were running on the top side,” Bittinger said. “The way we had the car set up, I really couldn’t do much more than rip around the top and I tried to go under them but I was losing ground. So I just had to hit them at the right spots, and thank God experience helps there.“

As Bittinger lapped Andrew Hake, the caution flag flew for Tim McClelland and John Sharpe, who were running just ahead of the leaders. Both cars were able to rejoin the field.

On the next restart, Fletcher continued to hold off Owings for second, but only until lapped traffic once again became a factor, allowing Owings to complete the pass for the runner up spot, thus setting his sights on the racelong leader.

Bittinger and Owings continued to maneuver around lapped cars for the next few laps but had the final five laps to battle it out with little to no interruptions. “With five to go I started to run out of fuel,” Bittinger said. “In the middle of the corner, it’d stumble and shut off. Normally when that happens, you’d slow down and go to the bottom to try to keep your fuel flat in the tail tank. But I thought, you can slide job me, you’re going to have to get me on the bottom because I’m not moving off this top!”

Bittinger’s commitment to the top side proved beneficial for the #93 sprinter as he crossed the line to win his first 358 Sprint Car feature of 2019.Bittinger admitted the track being widened over the off season was a great improvement for the speedway.

“I’ll be honest, the track’s wider and you can feel it as a driver,” Bittinger said. “It kind of spreads everybody out. The guy that likes to run the bottom, he’s running it a little bit lower, gives you more room outside of him. So it’s a little bit less hairy when you’re trying to drive off of someone’s right rear tire on entry.”Owings crossed the line second followed by David Holbrook, Fletcher and Troy Wagaman Jr.

New Oxford’s Zane Rudisill raced to his second career Trail-Way Speedway 600 Micro Sprint win, dominating the field in the process.

The race’s lone caution, brought out by Mechanicsburg’s Mike Sherman on the fourth lap, gave Travis Keiser and Jim Young an opportunity to turn up the heat on Rudisill, but he never gave them the chance.

The field stayed green over the remaining 16 laps with Rudisill taking the checkered flag 1.561 seconds ahead of Keiser in second and Young in third.Jesse Snyder and Trent Yoder completed the top five.

600 Micro Sprint heat winners were Rudisill and Bradley Weber.

Enola’s Scott Houdeshell made an early race pass and drove on to claim the 20-lap Pizza Shop of Etters Central PA Legends sponsored by Harvest Chapel feature at Trail-Way Speedway.

Houdeshell, who started third on the grid, passed leader Mason Chaney on the frontstretch and never looked back, scoring his 7th career Trail-Way Legends win. The win places him in a tie with Bob Stough for fourth overall on Trail-Way’s all-time win list. Houdeshell also established a 20-lap track record with a non-stop time of 6 minutes, 37.783 seconds.

Houdeshell crossed the line 2.794 second ahead of Chaney with Travis McClelland, Travis Perry and Bill Diehl completing the top five.

Hanover, Pa.: Westminster, Maryland driver, Steve Owings started on the outside of the fourth row, and wheeled his #35 Valentine Motorsports/Baughers Orchard 358 Sprint Car to the lead by the midway point of the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature.

"It never gets old running here," Owings explained in victory lane, "They make fun of me at the car wash and say I ought to be a Trail-Way spokesman."Owing started 8th on the grid and immediately applied pressure to the 2018 Trail-Way Speedway 358 Sprint Car track champion, David Holbrook, and 4th starting, Shane Hoff. Holbrook and Hoff battled for third with Holbrook peaking to the inside of Hoff coming out of turn two and down the backstretch, until rookie 358 Sprint Car driver, Kyle Rohrbaugh, brought out the race's first caution.

On the restart, Owings raced around Holbrook for 4th and two laps later, took 3rd away from Hoff. Moments later, Owings crowded Austen Treuchet for the runner-up spot, with Hoff and Holbrook not backing down. Treuchet could only hold off Owings for so long as Owings completed the pass for 2nd on lap 10.As Owings took 2nd, racelong leader, Dylan Norris, approached lap traffic. Owings followed Norris around Rohrbaugh and then darted to the bottom of the track in turn one, completing the slide job and taking the lead on the 14th lap.

"He left a little hole, so we had to put her down in there. It's more fun than slinging it around the top," Owings admitted.

Owings put some added distance between himself and Norris as he lapped Tim McClelland on lap 17.

On lap 18, Norris and Hoff were battling for 3rd, splitting McClelland's lapped car, with Norris going low and Hoff taking the high side. Hoff jumped a right rear and flipped his #69 sprint car through turns 3 and 4, stopping the cars for the lone red flag of the feature.

The next start saw Owings pull away from Norris to an immediate 1.55 second lead, but one lap later, Norris was forced to pull to the infield with a flat tire.From there, Owings was untouchable, taking the checkers for his 21st career Trail-Way 358 Sprint Car victory.

Cody Fletcher crossed the line second followed by Treuchet, Holbrook and Joe Trone, Jr., completing the top five.

Heat wins went to Owings and Fletcher.

Brian Marriott picked up where he left off, claiming his first 270 Micro Sprint win of 2019 at Trail-Way Speedway.

The 2018 Trail-Way Speedway 270 Micro Sprint track champion started on the outside pole, but a caution on the initial lap claimed polesitter, Mike Boer, and six additional cars, forcing the complete restart, this time with Marriott on the pole.

From there, Marriott led the entire 20-lap feature, winning his 11th career 270 Micro Sprint feature at Trail-Way Speedway.Joe Long Jr., Zachary Glass, Mike Boer and Keera Dupler completed the to five.

Brock Whisler started at the rear and finished 7th, taking home the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award.

Brent Bull, Long Jr., and Steven Cox won heats for the 21 270 Micro Sprints and took home a $25 cash bonus from Shue Designs.

Walls started on the pole and was able to hold off Sam Gallagher and Danny Beard, taking his 3rd career Street Stock victory at Trail-Way.Gallagher finished second followed by Danny Beard in third, Aaron Beard in fourth and Dalton Myers crossing the line in fifth.

Carroll crossed the line 3.897 seconds ahead of Nick McDaniel, who finished second, followed by Terry Hartlaub and Cody Klinedinst.Heat winners for the 22 Limited Stocks were McDaniel, Chronister and Carroll.

Awards were presented to the top ten Trail-Way Speedway point finishers in each of the five weekly featured divisions. Those divisions include the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars, Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints, Precise Racing Products Street Stocks and Limited Stocks.

Parkton, Maryland's David Holbrook celebrated his first career Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car Track Championship following a season boasting three wins, nine top fives and thirteen top tens in fourteen races.

"Unfortunately at the end of the year we had a little bit of a rough spell but we bounced back," Holbrook told event emcee, Scott Hockensmith. Holbrook also mentioned his plans for 2019, "we're kicking it around but we'll be at TW. We might run a little Lincoln here and there but we'll be at TW every Friday."

East Berlin's Cody Fletcher, who racked up two wins, six top fives and ten top tens finished the 2018 season -14 points behind Holbrook.

For the third consecutive year, Brian Marriott was named the 270 Micro Sprint Track Champion. Marriott achieved three wins, nine top fives and ten top tens in twelve features. York's Joe Long Jr. finished the 2018 season -19 points behind Marriott.

"We had a really good season and to top it off with the track championship was icing on the cake. The only other thing that would've made it sweeter would've been the Gobrecht," Marriott told Hockensmith while accepting his award. Marriott, to date, has four second place finishes in the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial race at Trail-Way. Marriott plans to return to Trail-Way in 2019 to defend his title and looks forward to gaining one more spot at the next Gobrecht Memorial race.

Jim Young's two wins, six top fives and nine top tens secured the 600 Micro Sprint Track Championship while proving that sometimes experience outweighs youth.

"The competition keeps getting younger, and I'm not sure I like that very much," Young said in his acceptance speech, joking that he has wheels on his car that are older than some of his competitors.

The 2017 600 Micro Sprint Track Champion, Bradley Weber, finished 2018 -10 points behind Young but has plans to move on from Micro Sprint racing as Weber will be fielding a Central PA Legend in 2019.

Brian Walls claimed the 2018 Precise Racing Products Street Stock Track Championship. Although Walls clinched the title from the infield following mechanical issues which stemmed from a turn-four incident with a lapped car, he was able to boast a successful season with four wins, eight top fives and thirteen top tens in fourteen features.

"We had a lot of bad luck at the end of the year but we turned it around and we did it so that's all that matters," Walls told Hockensmith while accepting his award.

Sam Gallagher, who finished second in the 2018 Street Stock point standings also posted impressive numbers, finishing with four wins, ten top fives and twelve top tens in thirteen features.

Following three consecutive runner-up point finishes, Robbie Carroll put his name in the history books as the 2018 Limited Stock Track Champion. Carroll claimed an impressive four wins, thirteen top fives and fifteen top tens in seventeen feature races. Kyle Rohrbaugh, who plans to make the jump to 358 Sprint Cars in 2019, finished -8 points behind Carroll.

"I got tired of finishing second in points for the last three years in a row so I figured I wanted to win it this year," Carroll said in his speech adding that he really wanted one of the large picture checks that each of the champions receive with their championship hardware.

Brad Hostetter, race director, announced that the 2019 season will begin in March with an open practice, Saturday the 30th. The first race of 2019 will be April 6 and will include the 600 & 270 Micro Sprints, Central PA Legends and the PA Micro Midgets sponsored by Wicked Cushion. All five featured classes will return in 2019 along with special appearances by the PASS 305 Sprints, Path Valley Wingless Sportsman and the 410 Sprint Cars.

For the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag falls.

Hanover, PA (9/14/18)- Friday night, Dylan Norris was the class of the 358 Sprint Car field at Trail-Way Speedway. In only his first full season of 358 Sprint Car racing, Norris managed to claim three wins and a Rookie of the Year title. On this night, Norris held the 2018 Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic 358 Sprint Car Track Champion at bay for 25 laps.

"I kept seeing him behind me," Norris commented on David Holbrook, who was lurking behind the leader for the entirety of the feature race. "There was really nothing up top so I figured if I stayed low I'd be alright."

Norris had his hands full when lapped cars came into the picture on the ninth lap. Holbrook and JB Cunningham were within feet of the leader, but as Norris quickly passed Wellsville's Andrew Frye in turns one and two, Holbrook and Cunningham got together resulting in Cunningham's brief meeting with the turn two wall, ending his night with a broken front axle.

Norris continued to hit his marks over the final 10 laps, once again maneuvering around Frye, this time with one lap remaining. Norris crossed the line with a near one second lead over Holbrook with Mark Van Vorst, Cody Fletcher and Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger, Steve Owings, completing the top five.

Heat winners for the 358 Sprints were Zach Euculano and Cunningham.

Holbrook joined Norris on the frontstretch, as his second place finish secured the 2018 358 Sprint Car Track Championship by 14 points over Fletcher.

"This team really overcame some adversity," Holbrook commented. "We destroyed our primary car a couple of weeks ago and we came back with this one and we're still pretty good with it." Good enough to win a championship.

Brian Marriott made the race winning pass on the fourth lap of the 20-lap 270 Micro Sprint feature and went on to claim his third win of the 2018 racing season along with his second consecutive Trail-Way Speedway 270 Micro Sprint Track Championship.

"That 20 laps seemed like 50 laps," an elated Marriott said in victory lane, "I don't care who it is behind me you can't let your guard down. If you do that, you're not a racer. Gotta have your elbows up to the end." Marriott did just that, taking the checkered flag 1.084 seconds ahead of Tim McClelland. 14th starting Mike Boer finished third followed by Joe Long Jr., and Zachary Glass, who completed the top five.

Following his first appearance of 2018 at Trail-Way Speedway, Daniel LaFrance took home the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award following his 20th to 7th place run.

Ryan Smith claimed the 20-lap Precise Racing Products Street Stock win, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Smith took the lead away from Danny Beard on the third lap and then lost the lead to Brian Walls nine laps later. Walls was unable to hold onto the lead as he made contact with a lapped car coming out of turn four.

Walls, who was racing for the 2018 Street Stock Track Championship, was unable to rejoin the field and was forced to watch the points play out from the infield.

Smith assumed the lead on the 14th lap and drove on to claim his second victory of 2018 at Trail-Way. Jeremy Stremmel and Beard finished second and third, respectively. Sam Gallagher's fourth place finish secured Walls' 2018 Street Stock Track Championship by a margin of 23 points.

"It feels good," Walls exclaimed on the frontstretch. "It was fun racing with Ryan for the lead." While Walls celebrated his Track Championship, the incident in turn four left him with a bitter taste in his mouth. "It's a shame because we had the car to beat."

Heat wins for the Street Stocks went to Walls and Aaron Beard.

Kyle Rohrbaugh picked up the 15-lap Limited Stock victory, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Rohrbaugh, who started fourth, was able to drive around Robbie Carroll on the sixth lap and took the lead away from Terry Hartlaub only a lap later.

Rohrbaugh's win was his third of the season. Terry Hartlaub, Robbie Carroll, Matt Chronister and Jason Chronister rounded out the top five.

"I was tired of finishing second." Robbie Carroll exclaimed on the frontstretch, following his third place finish which cemented him as the 2018 Trail-Way Speedway Limited Stock Track Champion. Carroll, who finished second in the Limited Stock points standings three years in a row, was elated to bring home his first title. "Racing down south made the season long, but it paid off."

Heat winners for the 18 Limited Stocks were Matt Chronister and Carroll.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action next Saturday, September 22, 2018 with the 29th Annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial/National Open. The 270 Micro Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints and INEX Legends will all compete in a revamped program which will include time trials and a dash. For more information, please visit our website- www.trail-wayspeedway.com. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Hanover, PA (8/24/18) - Two weeks ago, David Holbrook's #77 Turning Stone Resort & Casino/SCC Trucking 358 Sprint Car had to be towed off of the track following a violent last lap crash that sent his race car straight into a wall. Holbrook walked away from the crash unscathed and was able to return to Trail-Way Speedway two weeks later, only to claim victory in the 2018 Trone Outdoor 358 Sprint Car Championship.

"After two weeks ago, this feels really good," Holbrook explained in victory lane. "This is a completely new car, a new motor and we were able to put something together here."

Polesitter Mark Van Vorst grabbed the lead on the initial green and held the top spot for several laps until Holbrook raced his way into the picture. Van Vorst and Holbrook split a lapped car going into three and four with Holbrook taking the high side and snatching the lead away coming to the line on the ninth lap.

Nearly a few seconds later, the same lapped car spun in turn one causing fifth running, Steve Owings, to stop in the same turn. Owings rejoined the field at the tail end of the lead lap and raced his way to a seventh place finish.

Holbrook held a comfortable lead throughout the final laps of the 25-lap feature, coming across the line 2.231 seconds ahead of fifth starter, Cody Fletcher. Zach Euculano, Joe Trone, Jr., and JB Cunningham, Jr.

"We take it one week at a time," Holbrook commented in victory lane, after being told he currently leads the 2018 Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car point standings. "If you're leading going into the last one, good, so be it. If you're not, try your best. We come here every week to try our best."

Holbrook leads Cody Fletcher by 14 points and Dylan Norris by 28 points going into the final three weeks of racing for the 358 Sprint Cars at Trail-Way Speedway.

Following a fifth place finish at Lincoln Speedway and Friday's second place finish at Trail-Way Speedway, Cody Fletcher claimed the 2018 Trail-Way/Lincoln 358 Sprint Car Shootout Series title and a $500 bonus. Kody Hartlaub, Matt Findley, Tyler Walton and Dylan Norris completed the top five.

Heats for the 19 358 Sprint Cars were won by Owings, Holbrook and Cunningham.

"I thought somebody was behind me the entire time so I was just trying to drive harder and harder," so said 600 Micro Sprint driver, Bret Cronrath, in victory lane following a dominating 20-lap feature race.

Cronrath led from the drop of the green and was able to maintain a two second lead through the majority of the feature.

"Unfortunately we haven't been here in a long while but we love this place and it feels good to get a win after four years," Cronrath laughed.

On the second lap of the 600 Micro Sprint feature, a caution had been brought out for a car stopped in turn two. Almost immediately, two micro sprints, driven by Cheyenne Robicheaux and Mike Rynard, collided going into turn three resulting in red flag conditions. Rynard was able to walk away from the accident while Robicheaux was transferred to York Hospital for further evaluation.

Littlestown's Sam Gallagher claimed the 20-lap Precise Racing Products Street Stock feature, leading from the drop of the initial green flag until the checkered flag was waved.

The win, which was Gallagher's fourth of the year, inched him closer to point leader, Brian Walls, with only two races remaining in the 2018 season.

Kyle Martin crossed the line second followed by Jim Jacobs, Aaron Beard and Danny Beard completing the top five.

Street Stock heat wins went to Walls and Gallagher.

Kyle Rohrbaugh claimed the 15-lap Limited Stock feature win, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Rohrbaugh and Matt Chronister were battling for the lead when a lapped car became involved with only three laps remaining. Rohrbaugh drove to the outside of the lapped car while Chronister chose the inside, and while doing so, Chronister tagged the lapped car allowing Rohrbaugh just enough time to take the lead on the 13th lap.

Chronister followed Rohrbaugh across the line by .738 seconds followed by Shannon Weaver, Jeff Foster and Terry Hartlaub.

Heats for the Limited Stocks were won by Robbie Carroll and Rohrbaugh.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action, Friday, August 31, 2018, with the 358 Sprint Cars, 270 Micro Sprints, Street Stocks and Limited Stocks. This will be the final "Kids Race Car Rides" event of the 2018 season. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

Hanover, PA (07/20/18) - David Holbrook started on the outside pole, raced around pole sitter, Joe Trone Jr., and led every lap en route to his second win of the year in the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway.

"Starting position meant everything tonight," Holbrook explained in victory lane as consistent high temperatures, sunny and windy conditions challenged the drivers on the track. "It was kind of a single lane, not much you could do, summertime racing. I knew I had to beat the 99 in the first corner and luckily I got lucky when he made a mistake in turn three."

Trone remained close with Holbrook throughout the race, however each time the leaders approached lapped traffic, a single car spin would bring out the caution flag.

The first caution was for Trevin Caruccio who spun in turn two with the second a lap later for Austin Kirby in the same turn. Seven laps later, Caruccio was sent to the pits for bringing out another caution flag, with his second unassisted spin of the feature. The final caution came on lap 21 for eighth running Austen Treuchet.

"The cautions came out at just the right time and it settled the dust down," Holbrook said, "You set up for it and hope for the best and hope that luck is on your side. We definitely got lucky."

Holbrook's win also created a two-way tie for the lead in the 358 Sprint Car point standings. Fletcher, who came into tonight's racing action as the lone point leader, now shares the top spot with Holbrook as only seven races remain in the 2018 season.

Trone crossed the line 1.752 seconds behind Holbrook with Dylan Norris finishing third, Fletcher in fourth and in his first race at Trail-Way in a 358 Sprint Car, Dave Brown, completed the top five. The Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award went to Wyatt Hinkle, who started 14th and finished 8th.

Heat winners for the 17 358 Sprints were Holbrook, Trone and Owings.

Cory Myers scored his third win of the year by leading the entire 20-lap Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint feature, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway.

Myers started on the pole and was immediately challenged by fourth starting Brian Marriott. However, due to a jump on the initial start, Marriott was docked four positions when Thurmont, Maryland's Doug Yingling brought out the caution on lap seven.

Marriott spent the next seven laps racing his way around Colton Hendershot, Tim McClelland and Steven Cox to once again challenge Myers for the lead.

Marriott raced the final laps glued to Myers back bumper, but was unable to complete a pass for the win. Following Myers and Marriott across the line were McClelland, Cox and first time Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger, Brock Whisler, completing the top five.

Heat wins for the 23 270 Micro Sprints were won by Joe Long Jr., Hendershot and Myers.

Walls started third, raced around front row starters Jim Jacobs and Sam Gallagher, and never looked back. Jacobs and Gallagher finished second and third, respectively, with Gary Calimer Jr. and Jeremy Stremmel completing the top five.

Trail-Way Speedway tech officials conducted a post race engine inspection on Walls' #21W street stock and the car was found to be in compliance with the track's rules.

Heat winners for the Street Stocks were Brian and Will Walls.

Kyle Rohrbaugh claimed his first win of the season in Friday's 15-lap Limited Stock feature. Rohrbaugh assumed the lead following a lap four caution, which was brought out by point leader and racelong leader, Robbie Carroll. Carroll's #69 Limited Stock slowed significantly after the throttle body broke, causing him to retreat to the pit area.

Completing the top five was Jason Chronister, Matt Worley, Justin Oberlin and rookie driver Zach Baxter.

Heat winners for the Limited Stocks were Travis Brown and Jason Chronister.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action next Friday, July 27, 2018, with the second and final leg of the Lincoln Speedway/Trail-Way Speedway 358 Sprint Car Shootout. Joining the Sprints will be the 600 & 270 Micro Sprints, the Central PA Legends National Qualifier, and the Classic Racing Series' Lyle Adcock Memorial. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

Hanover, PA (7/13/18) - Elverson's Austin Bishop took the lead from his third starting spot on the second lap of the 25-lap PA Sprint Series BeerHill Cup Summer Series race, and went on to score his fifth PASS 305 Sprint Car victory of 2018 and his first at Trail-Way Speedway.

And he did it in exciting fashion, after holding off late race charges from Tyler Reinhardt and David Grube II, all while battling cars at the tail end of the lead lap.

For several laps, Bishop held a near two second lead over second running Reinhardt. As Bishop was approaching Larry McVay, who was at the tail end of the lead lap cars, Bishop attempted to go high and got out of shape, bringing second and third place to within a half second of the lead. Reinhardt attempted to make a move for the lead while Bishop continued to work on lapping McVay, until he too lost control of his car allowing David Grube II to take advantage and slip into the runner up spot.

"The track was getting narrower and narrower and I tried the top for one lap and we got out of shape," Bishop commented in victory lane. "I thought I was going to get a run on him (McVay) on the backstretch but he was kinda moving down. McVay's a good driver," Bishop continued, "he just kind of tightened it up a lot at the end of the race. It was good running with him though. I was working my ass off trying to get by him because I knew second place was coming."

Grube, now running second, was within inches of Bishop with one lap remaining giving him one final shot at the lead. However, Bishop was able to hold him off all while racing behind McVay, who finished on the lead lap.

Following Bishop and Grube across the line were Reinhardt, Kyle Smith and Darren Miller, who completed the top five.

Qualifiers for the 305 Sprints were won by Jaremi Hanson and McVay.

Johnstown's Jim Young scored his 11th career Trail-Way win in the 20-lap 600 Micro Sprint feature.

"The car was rolling tonight," Young said in victory lane. "The track was really grippy so I really didn't have to worry about the car getting away from me. It stuck where ever I put it."

Walls raced several laps with leader Kyle Martin until passing him on the 16th lap. Shortly thereafter, Martin was involved in a caution after getting together with Brian's brother, Will Walls. Although Will was able to restart directly behind Brian, Brian was in complete control of the closing laps, crossing by a margin of .683 seconds.

Following Brian and Will Walls across the line were Jim Jacobs, Jimmy Combs and Jeremy Stremmel.

Heat winners for the Street Stocks were Brian and Will Walls.

Justin Oberlin scored his first career Limited Stock victory after racelong leader and outside polesitter, Matt Chronister, suffered a mechanical failure on lap 12. Chronister dropped several positions before pulling into the infield.

Oberlin crossed the line with a 1.959 second lead over point leader, Robbie Carroll. Nick McDaniel, Jason Chronister and Chad Martin completed the top five.

Heat wins for the Limited Stocks were won by Kyle Rohrbaugh and Creden Sponseller Jr.

Trail-Way returns to action next Friday, July 20, with the 358 Sprints, 270 Micro Sprints, Limited Stocks and Street Stocks. This will be the second scheduled Camera & Autograph Night. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing beginning at 7:45 p.m.Trail-Way SpeedwayHanover, PA Friday, July 13, 2018For Immediate Release

Hanover, PA (7/6/18)- "We didn't touch that car," Steve Owings commented in victory lane. "We just parked it in the corner, put a blanket over it and waited until I got back."

Westminster, Maryland's Steve Owings picked up where he left off following an 11-week hiatus from 358 sprint car racing due to on track accident that fractured his tibia. Owings claimed the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature win, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. The win was his second of 2018 and 18th career, breaking a three-way tie with Mike Bittinger and Billy Dietrich, for third on the all-time win list.

Outside polesitter, Bittinger, took advantage of polesitter, Owings, on the initial start of the feature race. Bittinger led the first two laps before his #12 sprinter bobbled in turns one and two allowing Owings to slide underneath and take away the lead.

"Mikey (Bittinger) didn't give it there on the start," Owings said, "I knew the top was going to be a little better." Owings continued, "It was really slick on the bottom and I didn't want to be down that low, but like I said, he got a good jump."

On the next restart, Owings checked out to an impressive lead over second place JB Cunningham. Owings held a several second lead and was making his way through lapped traffic when a caution was brought out by John Sharpe in turn four on lap 19.

"It goes around there pretty easy," Owings said in victory lane. "I think any monkey could get behind here and drive her. It was pretty quick."

Again, Owings pulled away on the restart, but the battle behind him was only heating up. Seventh starting, David Holbrook, slid under Trey Hivner for the third spot and had his sights set on Cunningham for second when Glenndon Forsythe and Steven Kisamore's sprint cars became hooked together, bringing out the third and final caution of the night. On the final restart, ninth starting, Joe Trone Jr., raced his way around Holbrook for the podium finish and also took home the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award.

"I just had to pace myself and not go crazy," Trone admitted on the frontstretch following the feature. "Some of the other guys were trying to run up there in the rough stuff and I was like, "nah.""

Following Owings, Cunningham and Trone across the line were Holbrook and Cody Fletcher.

Owings provided an update in victory lane regarding his leg following a lengthy leave of absence from racing. "When I'm moving it all the time, it's good. When it sits a little bit it gets sore," Owings commented. "In the car it's fine. My left leg has gotten so much better for the brake because I've been hopping on this leg for the last nine weeks."

Heat winners for the 358 Sprint Cars were Cunningham and Devin Beidel.

Although Joe Long Jr., ended his night hooked to a tow truck, the fact that he was being towed to victory lane made all the difference in the world.

"I thought I blew it up until it turned sideways and then I knew something was wrong with the front end," Long explained in victory lane, following his 20-lap Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint feature win.

"I was trying to run real low on the straightaways, trying not to mess up entering the corner," Long continued. He knew Cory Myers, Mike Rutherford and Brian Marriott were running behind him.

Although several cautions brought the field back together, Long continued to hit his mark on restarts, holding his lead and crossing the line 1.818 seconds in front of Myers.

Rutherford, Marriott and Zachary Glass completed the top five. John Horton, who started 20th, finished 8th and collected the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award.

Heats for the 23 270 Micros were won by Brent Bull, Myers, and Marriott.

Walls inherited the lead when the top two cars came together in turn two. Leader Brian Walls, slowed significantly coming into turn two while Aaron Beard was attempting to make a move to the inside. Because both drivers were trying to move in opposite directions they ended up colliding in the turn, with both cars stopping on the track and unable to return to the race.

Walls held on to the top spot and crossed the line 2.352 seconds ahead ofrunner up, Danny Beard. Shane McQuay and Tyler Harman finished third and fourth with fifth place credited to Ryan Smith.

Brian Walls was the heat winner for the Street Stocks.

Robbie Carroll led from the drop of the green flag until the checkers flew to win the 15-lap Limited Stock feature race.

Carroll held a comfortable lead over Shannon Weaver while Jason Chronister and Kyle Rohrbaugh battled their way into the picture. Following a lap 12 caution, Chronister and Rohrbaugh were able to make their way around Weaver for second and third and continued to drag race down the straightaways. Chronister crossed the line second, .746 seconds behind Carroll with Rohrbaugh claiming the third spot.

Completing the top five were Weaver and Worley.

Chronister was also able to claim the June 1st make up feature for the Limited Stocks. Carroll finished second followed by Rohrbaugh, Weaver and Justin Oberlin.

Heat wins for the 19 Limited Stocks went to Carroll and Worley.

The 305 Sprint Series (PA Sprint Series) invades Trail-Way Speedway next Friday night, July 13, for the highly anticipated Beer Hill Cup. The 600 Micro Sprints, Limited Stocks and Street Stocks will join the 305 Sprints. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

"I guess it had to be exciting for some reason," Cody Fletcher exclaimed after exiting his Kress Oil/Rocco's Pizza sponsored #66A 358 Sprint Car. Fletcher led the entire 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature and received little to no pressure from the rest of the field... until the final lap.

With two laps to go, Fletcher was rapidly approaching lapped traffic. As Fletcher and several lapped cars were coming out of turn two on the final lap, Fletcher made contact with the back end of John Sharpe's #511 sprint car, and proceeded to do a wheelie down the backstretch. Fletcher slowed significantly but due to a several second lead, he was able to carefully navigate the final turns to claim his second win of 2018.

"I don't know what that was. I appreciate the guy trying to get out of the way. We just had to make it one more corner," Fletcher explained.

Outside polesitter, Steven Kisamore, and third starter, Joe Trone Jr., maintained their top three spots the entire feature but never had enough to challenge Fletcher on the restarts.

"You start up front you gotta stay there." Fletcher continued, "Dad's been working hard. He's got the thing feeling good, so it's easy to drive when it's like that."

Following Fletcher, Kisamore and Trone across the line were Mike Bittinger and David Holbrook. Seventh finisher, Dylan Norris, was the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger, after advancing 5 spots in the feature race.

Heats for the 358 Sprint Cars were won by Holbrook and Norris.

Bradley Weber raced to his 13th career 600cc Micro Sprint win, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Weber, who started on the outside pole, drove away to a commanding lead in the final laps of the 20-lap feature race.

Johnstown's Jim Young, navigated his way around Hannah Riser for the second spot on a lap six restart but was unable to catch up to Weber. Another caution, this time on lap 11, again brought the field back together. Young desperately tried to stick with Weber's #17 micro sprint on the restart, but ended up crossing the finish line in the runner-up spot by a margin of 3.162 seconds.

Completing the top five were Riser, Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger, Travis Keiser, and Zane Rudisill.

Cox started on the pole and led the entire 20-lap feature to earn his 13th career 270 Micro Sprint win. Cory Myers, Levi Peck, Brent Bull and Tim McClelland completed the top five. Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger, Zachary Cool, advanced 13 spots in the feature race and finished 8th.

Heats for the 26 270 Micro Sprints were won by Bull, Mike Boer, and Myers.

Sam Gallagher was in the right place at the right time, Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Gallagher was running second for 14 laps until racelong leader, Brian Walls, broke coming out of turn two, and immediately retreated to the infield. Gallagher assumed the lead on lap 15 and held off the charges of Gettysburg's Will Walls during the closing laps of the 20-lap feature race.

Following Gallagher and Will Walls across the line were Aaron Beard, Danny Beard and Shane McQuay.

Heat winners for the Street Stocks were Danny Beard and Brian Walls.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action tomorrow night, Saturday, June 30, 2018, with the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demolition & Races! The Limited Stocks, Figure 8, Powder Puff and Aggressive Driving class will also be in action! Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with heat races scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.

Hanover, PA (6/8/18) – Glenndon Forsythe started on the pole and led every lap of the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature race, giving him his first career Trail-Way 358 Sprint Car victory.

With the rescheduled "Insinger Performance Fuels Spring Championship" around the corner, several drivers and race teams took the time to fine tune their 358 Sprint Cars in preparation for the annual event, which, for the first time ever, will feature time trials. Glenndon Forsythe and car owner Andy Baird were one of those teams.

"Winning at Trail-Way is great," Forsythe exclaimed in victory lane, "I'm normally a (Williams) Grove guy, but my car owner talked me into racing at Trail-Way. I guess he was smart tonight!" Baird's decision was ultimately a good one, as Forsythe's only challenge was maneuvering around lapped traffic.

As Forsythe was beginning to lap the field, a flipping Greg Plank brought out the red flag on lap 12. Plank was able to walk away under his own power after flipping his car in turns three and four. On the restart, Forsythe pulled away to a commanding lead over Cody Fletcher, Joe Trone, Jr., Dylan Norris and JB Cunningham.

The final caution of the night went to Stewartstown's Steve Kisamore, who spun in turn two, collecting Ashley Cappetta. Kisamore retired to the pits while Cappetta was able to rejoin the field after briefly exiting to the pit area.

On the final restart, Forsythe was able to pull away from Fletcher to claim victory, crossing the line by a margin of 1.917 seconds.

Fletcher finished the night in the runner-up spot followed by Trone, Jr., Norris and Chris Frank, who completed the top five. Starting 16th and finishing seventh, Mike Bittinger, took home the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award.

During hot laps, Hanover's Kody Hartlaub exited his sprint car on the backstretch and immediately dropped to the ground to put out a fire that was started by the fuel line coming undone. Hartlaub was taken to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with second degree burns on his legs. With Hartlaub unable to compete in the heat and feature, a call was placed to local driver and friend, Troy Wagaman. Troy, and girlfriend Nicole Signor, were having a date night in Gettysburg when the call was made, but the two decided to cut the date short and hightail it to Trail-Way. Due to the driver change, Wagaman tagged the rear of the feature and was able to finish tenth.

Heat wins for the 20 358 Sprint Cars went to Frank, Cappetta, and Shane Hoff.

Cory Myers went home $850 richer after claiming the 270 Micro Sprints "4th Annual Gary Kiefert Memorial," Friday night at Trail-Way Speedway. Myers took the lead away from fifth-starting, Steven Cox, on the second lap and expertly navigated lapped traffic to earn his second consecutive 270 Micro victory at Trail-Way.

"I made a mistake on the initial lap," Myers explained in victory lane, "I ran it in too hard; Boer kind of stumbled there at the flag stand and I got a run and I drove around him a little bit too hard and Cox got by me. That was some good racing those first two laps, side-by-side. We did rub but I don't blame him for rubbing me."

This was not only Myers' second consecutive 270 Micro win at Trail-Way, but also his second Gary Kiefert Memorial win. Cory and brother Chad claimed twin 20 victories during the inaugural event.

Cox finished second followed by Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger, Brent Bull in third, Boer in fourth and Tim McClelland rounding out the top five.

Additional sponsors for the Gary Kiefert Memorial race included the Kiefert family, Bel Air Soft Wash, Dixon's Plumbing, Motorama Events, Brenda Cox, Mike Rutherford and Brian Marriott. Through these additional sponsors, an extra $1,300 was awarded to various finishers.

Zachary Glass and Cox claimed heat wins and were awarded $50 each.

Ryan Smith and Kyle Martin put on a show in the Precise Racing Products Street Stock 20-lap A-main, with Smith holding off Martin's advances to take his first career Trail-Way Street Stock victory.

Fourth-starting, Brian Walls, led the first two laps before stopping and bringing out the caution in turn four. Smith assumed the lead and was challenged by Will Walls for several laps before Walls was passed by Martin. Martin tried several times to make something happen but Smith held his line and was able to claim victory.

Martin held on to finish second followed by Sam Gallagher, Will Walls and Marshall McMullen completing the top five.

Gallagher picked up the win in the June 1 makeup race that was rescheduled due to a rainout. Gallagher led the entire race and was glad it turned out the way it did despite temperature problems.

"I really didn't want to see it end last week," Gallagher said in victory lane. "We were super good." Gallagher continued, "I wasn't very happy today. We were fighting temperature issues. It was borderline at the end."

Jamie Zentmyer, Brian Walls, Danny Beard and Jim Jacobs completed the top five in the makeup feature.

Robbie Carroll earned his second win of 2018 in the Limited Stocks 15-lap feature. Carroll passed racelong leader, Kyle Rohrbaugh, on the ninth lap and went on to claim the win.

Rohrbaugh finished second followed by Terry Hartlaub, Jason Chronister and Travis Brown completing the top five.Heat winners for the Limited Stocks were Hartlaub and Brown.

Trail-Way Speedway returns to action next week with the rescheduled Insinger Performance Fuels 358 Spring Championship which will feature time trials. Joining the Sprints will be the 600 Micros, Limited Stocks, Central PA Legends and Classic Cars. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

"That was a workout," an exhausted Holbrook said in victory lane. "You don't know how rough it is up there, but if I had to pass him that was where I had to be. I knew the restart was the place to go."

Outside polesitter and racelong leader, Joe Trone Jr., held the top spot up until a caution was brought out by last week's race winner, Austen Treuchet, who spun out in turn four collecting Brody Treaster. On the restart, Holbrook took to the high side of the race track and was able to make the race winning pass on Trone.

"We were a little slow the first couple of weeks and we've been making changes trying to catch up to this car," Holbrook explained, "I think maybe we found something she likes."

One lap later, Trone tagged the frontstretch wall, sending the car several feet up in the air. Trone was able to regain control and held off late race challenges from Mike Bittinger to finish the 25-lap feature race in the runner-up spot. Bittinger collected the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award by finishing third following his tenth-place start. Cody Fletcher and Steven Kisamore completed the top five.

Heats for the 358 Sprints were won by Kisamore and Treuchet.

An announcement was made in victory lane following the 358 Sprint Car feature concerning next week's (Friday, May 18) Insinger Fuels 358 Sprint Car Spring Championship race. For the first time since Trail-Way began racing 358 Sprint Cars, lineups will be set based on time trials. The 25-lap feature race will pay $1,200 to win with $100 going to the driver that sets fast time.

"I love time trials around this place," Holbrook mentioned regarding the Spring Championship race. "They need to do it more often."

Defending track champion, Brian Marriott, claimed the 20-lap Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint feature at Trail-Way Speedway. Marriott made the race winning pass on polesitter Joe Long, Jr. on the fourth lap to take his ninth career win and second of 2018.

Long Jr. began to close in on Marriott, lap-by-lap, but in the end came up nearly a second shy of the top spot. Last week's feature winner and fourteenth starter, Steven Cox finished third and took home the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award. Tim McClelland and Cory Myers completed the top five.Heats for the 16 270 Micro Sprints were won by Zachary Glass and Marriott.

Brian Walls made a late race pass on Aaron Beard to take the Precise Racing Products Street Stock victory. Beard, who assumed the lead on lap eight following polesitter and racelong leader Sam Gallagher's sudden exit from the speedway, closed the door several times on Walls' attempts to pass on the inside.

Walls took advantage of Beard, following a lap 14 caution brought out by Jamie Zentmyer, making the pass and collecting the feature win.A hard charging Mike Walls battled Ryan Smith for several laps and completed a pass for second when he suddenly lost his transmission and had to retire to the infield. Smith was able to finish second followed by Danny Beard, Jim Jacobs and Aaron Beard completing the top five.

Heats for the Street Stocks were won by Mike and Brian Walls.

Matt Chronister led every lap of the 20-lap Limited Stock championship feature to claim his 38th career win.

"I thought I had it the first week but I couldn't get a good pass on Travis (Brown)," Chronister explained in victory lane. "I thought I had it the second week and I blew a tire trying to race with Robbie (Carroll). So, I guess tonight's my night!"

"I lost second gear at some point," Chronister continued, "I drove most of the race with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the shifter trying to hold it in gear. That one restart I went to go and put it in second and it came right back out. Kyle (Rohrbaugh) pushed me enough to get me going again, but from there on I was driving one-handed."

Carroll, who blew a motor in his heat race, started the feature 24th and was able to make his way through the field to finish in the runner-up spot. Matt Worley, Justin Oberlin and Cody Klinedinst completed the top five.

Heats wins for the 24 Limited Stocks went to Rohrbaugh, Chronister, and Terry Hartlaub.

Next week, Friday, May 18, Trail-Way Speedway hosts the annual Insinger Fuels 358 Sprint Car Spring Championship, paying $1,200 to win. The event will include time trials for the 358 Sprint Cars. The driver that achieves fast time will receive $100. Also in action will be the 600 Micro Sprints, Central PA Legends and Limited Stocks. Trail-Way invites all military personnel to attend as Friday will be "Armed Forces Appreciation Night!" Show your military ID at the admission gate to receive free general admission. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

Hanover, PA (5/4/18) – A 25-minute rain delay didn't stop Austen Treuchet from racing his way into victory lane, Friday night, at Trail-Way Speedway. Treuchet started the 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature on the outside pole and grabbed the lead on the start but was challenged nearly every lap by fourth starter, JB Cunningham.

"I wasn't expecting it tonight, but we pulled a good pill," Treuchet said in victory lane. "I figured we'd get pushed back in the feature— start in the back again. But I lucked into second (starting spot) and we took it and ran."

Cunningham nearly completed a pass for the lead on Treuchet in the opening laps of the feature until the yellow flag waved for a caution brought out by John Sharpe. Nearly two laps later the rains began to fall and the 358 Sprint Cars were sent to the pit area to wait out the second rain shower of the night.Cars were brought back to the track after the brief delay where once again, Treuchet and Cunningham resumed their challenges.

"Me and JB have been racing together forever!" Treuchet exclaimed in victory lane. "I kept seeing him stick his nose down there and I tried to give him room and not block, but that motor is so nasty—I love it."

Treuchet was able to pull away to a comfortable lead in the closing laps to claim his first career 358 Sprint Car win. Cunningham finished second followed by Kody Hartlaub, Mike Bittinger and Troy Wagaman Jr. Last week's race winner, Dylan Norris, picked up the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award for advancing five positions in the feature race.

Heats for the 16 358 Sprints were won by Norris and Austin Kirby. This was Kirby's first career heat race win.

Opening night race winner, Tyler Walton, found his way back to victory lane for the second time in 2018 to claim the 600 Micro Sprint 20-lap victory.

Walton, who started on the pole, was challenged by Jesse Snyder in the opening laps until Snyder blew a fuse on the power line. "I thought I had something but once the motor started missing, he pulled away from me," Snyder commented following the 600 Micro Sprint feature. From there, Walton was able to pull away to a commanding lead to claim the A-main victory.

Completing the top five were Kameron Morral, Bradley Weber, Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger Jim Young and Zane Rudisill.Heats for the 600 Micro Sprints were won by Morral and Snyder.

Steven Cox claimed the Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint feature race in a thrilling last lap battle with Brian Marriott and Mike Rutherford. Marriott and Rutherford both started on the fourth row and quickly worked their way to the front of the field. By the final lap, a blanket could be thrown over the top three as they came across the line, three-wide. Rutherford was able to take the runner-up spot with Marriott in third.

Completing the top five were Zachary Cool and 15th starter Keera Dupler, who took home the Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger award.Heats for the 17 270 Micro Sprints were won by Marriott and Rutherford.

Polesitter Gary Warehime led from the initial green up until he and Martin made slight contact on the backstretch causing Warehime to spin out, bringing out the caution flag.

While Martin went on to win in convincing fashion, you could throw a blanket over the remainder of the top-five. Brian Walls and Sam Gallagher were able to make a last lap pass on Danny Beard to finish second, third and fourth, respectively. Ryan Smith completed the top five.Heat wins for the Street Stocks went to Martin and Brian Walls.

Next Friday, May 11th, we're back in action with the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars, Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints, Precise Racing Products Street Stocks and Limited Stocks. It will also be York County Racing Club Night. All card-holding club members will receive $3 off general admission. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

Hanover, PA (4/27/18) – It didn't take long for the #44 Golf Cart Services sponsored 358 Sprint Car to find victory lane at Trail-Way Speedway. Polesitter, Dylan Norris, led the entire 25-lap Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature to take his first career 358 Sprint Car win. However, Norris' first win did not come without obstacles.

During a lap 20 caution for Joe Trone Jr, who was battling David Holbrook for the second and third positions, a red light was inadvertently switched on for a brief second causing Norris to come to a complete stop on the backstretch. After track officials spoke with Norris about the incident, Norris was able to assume the lead for the restart, now with Holbrook and Cody Fletcher lining up behind him.

On the restart, Norris jumped to a four-car length lead leaving Holbrook and Fletcher to battle for the runner-up spot. A lap later, Holbrook and Fletcher made contact in turn four to bring out another caution. This time, it was Mike Bittinger's turn to challenge the 14-year-old racer for the win, but Norris was once again able to jump out to a comfortable lead, hitting every mark all the way to victory lane.

Bittinger followed Norris across the line .899 seconds later, followed by Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger, Austen Treuchet, Steven Kisamore and Brody Treaster completing the top five.

Heat wins went to Holbrook and Kisamore.

Jim Young raced to his first win of 2018 in the 600 Micro Sprint 20-lap feature. The win marked Young's 10th career win, placing him in a tie for 6th all-time, along with now 410 Sprint Car driver, Dwayne Gutshall.

Young, who started on the pole, was able to finish with a 6.845 second lead in the 20-lap nonstop feature.

"I was getting a little nervous with the lapped cars," Young commented in victory lane. "I would've rather had a clean track the whole time but you gotta race sometimes."

Austin Belemare found his way to victory lane in the Pizza Shop of Etters Central PA Legends sponsored by Harvest Chapel, 20-lap feature race.

Bellemare and 2017 Central PA Legends point champion, Mason Chaney, battled side-by-side for several laps until Bellemare was finally able to make the race-winning pass on lap 15. The win marked Bellemare's second career Trail-Way Speedway Central PA Legends victory.

Chaney finished in the runner-up spot followed by Chris Transeau, Scott Houdeshell and Brian Racine completing the top five.Heats for the Central PA Legends were won by Racine and Bellemare.

Robbie Carroll dominated the 15-lap Limited Stock feature after passing outside polesitter, Justin Oberlin, on the second lap. Carroll was able to maintain a comfortable lead to take his 15th career Limited Stock victory.

Kyle Rohrbaugh finished in second followed by the 2017 Limited Stock track champion, Jason Chronister, Travis Brown and Oberlin, who rounded out the top five.

Limited Stock all-time race winner, Matt Chronister, was challenging for the top spot when a tire went down causing Chronister to retreat to the pits for a quick tire change. He was able to finish the night in the seventh position.

Heat wins for the 17 Limited Stocks went to Carroll and Matt Chronister.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action with a double header on Friday & Saturday, May 4th and 5th. Friday, May 4th, Trail-Way hosts the 358 Sprints along with the 600 & 270 Micro Sprints and the Precise Racing Products Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. The following night, Saturday, May 5th, Trail-Way hosts the first "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demolition event, which features two Junk Car Demolition races, Limited Stocks, Figure 8, Powder Puff and a new addition, full contact racing. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with racing scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. The scheduled rain date for the Demolition event will be the following day, Sunday May 6th.

Hanover, PA (4/20/18) - Third generation race car driver, Cody Fletcher, led all 25 laps of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car feature, but his first win of the 2018 season did not come without a few obstacles.

"Being out front really helped. You just have to run your race and don't worry about anyone else," Fletcher commented in victory lane. "If you start up front, you should stay there." Fletcher was able to stay up front but seemed unbothered by a myriad of cautions that plagued the A-main.

"The track suited me a lot better. It was a pretty nice surface tonight. Dad's got the car set up good," Fletcher said. "It feels good to be back here. It felt easy tonight, which is nice. We need a couple more of them. It's been too long since we've been here."

Opening night race winner and defending track champion, Steve Owings, while challenging Fletcher for the lead, came to a sudden stop in turn two on the fifth lap. Owings immediately exited the car complaining of leg pain after a foreign object came through the side panel of his race car. Owings was later treated at a local hospital and diagnosed with a fractured tibia.

Following the restart, Fletcher was able to pull away from Dylan Norris, who is still in search of his first 358 Sprint Car victory. Norris had his hands full while battling Mike Bittinger and JB Cunningham for second through fourth.

A lap 18 red flag saw Cunningham's rear axel break sending the car tumbling through the air. Cunningham was able to exit the car and walk away under his own power.

Fletcher, again, jumped to a commanding lead on the final restart while Norris and Bittinger battled for the runner-up spot. Bittinger attempted to pass Norris several times but had to settle for a third-place finish. Austen Treuchet and Kenny Kuhn completed the top five.

"I tried everything I could to get under Dylan Norris," Bittinger commented on the frontstretch while accepting the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger award, "I could get to his left rear once in a while but I wasn't good enough to pass him."

Heat wins for the 358 Sprint Cars went to Fletcher and Owings.

Brian Marriott started the 20-lap Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprint feature on the pole but was forced to restart at the rear following a caution on the first lap. Marriott maneuvered his way through the field to challenge race long leader, Mike Boer on the sixth lap. Boer attempted to move to the inside of a lapped car but was unable to make the pass giving the green light to Marriott to make the race-winning move.

"I take a lot of pride in being able to pass cars so I thought 'here's my chance,' " Marriott said in victory lane. "It got me going to the top of one and two and I really found something there." Marriott continued, "Mike got caught with a lapper. When he got slowed up with the lapper I had to take advantage of it."Following Marriott across the line was Donahue Motorsports Hard Charger Tim McClelland, Boer, opening night race winner Joe Long Jr., and Keera Dupler completing the top five.

Heats for the 19 270 Micro Sprints were won by Marriott and Long Jr.

Sam Gallagher claimed the 20-lap Precise Racing Products Street Stock feature. Although Gallagher started on the pole, it was outside polesitter, Brian Walls, who led the first half of the A-main until a racing incident between him and Gallagher saw Walls spin in turns one and two, bringing out the caution flag."Brian gave me the thumbs up coming around the next lap," Gallagher commented on the incident in victory lane. "It was a racing deal."

Gary Warehime, who made a late race push for the lead but ran out of time, took the runner-up spot. Walls rebounded from the lap-11 caution and finished third. He was followed by opening night winner Aaron Beard and Wayne Dutterer, who rounding out the top five.

Walls claimed the heat win for the Street Stocks.

Travis Brown raced to his first Trail-Way Speedway Limited Stock win after passing polesitter, Kyle Rohrbaugh on the 13th lap of the 15-lap feature.Brown was challenged on the final lap by the Limited Stocks all-time race winner, Matt Chronister, but was able to block him through the final turn to claim the win.Chronister finished second followed by Terry Hartlaub, Justin Oberlin and Rohrbaugh, who ran out of fuel on the final lap.Heat winners for the 22 Limited Stocks were Chronister and Matt Worley.

Trail-Way Speedway is back in action next Friday, April 27, 2018, with the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints, Central PA Legends and the Limited Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

Trail-Way Speedway Awards 2017 Track Champions at 45th Annual BanquetHanover, PA (12/9/17) - Drivers, crew members and personnel celebrated another successful season at Trail-Way Speedway, Saturday night at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services Hall in Hanover, PA. Awards were presented to 33 drivers from the six main divisions that raced during Trail-Way's 45th season. Trail-Way Speedway track announcer and banquet emcee, Scott Hockensmith, thanked Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Precise Racing Products, Trone Outdoor, Insinger Performance and Crown Trophy for their season sponsorship.Steve Owings won his first Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car championship. Owings claimed the title by 37 points over Isaac Sneeringer. Owings' season was highlighted by five wins and 13 top fives out of 14 starts. Sneeringer also had a great season claiming three wins including the Insinger Fuels Spring Championship. Steven Kisamore was awarded the 2017 358 Sprint Car Rookie of the Year award.The Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series championship was awarded to Travis Mease. Mease's season highlights featured seven top fives in ten starts.Brian Walls was named the 2017 Street Stock champion. Walls dominated the division with six wins and ten top fives in 11 starts. Runner-up, Jeremy Stremmel, posted three wins with seven top fives in 11 feature starts. John Wright received top honors for the 2017 Street Stock Rookie of the Year award.Brad Weber claimed the 600cc Micro Sprint title over the young up-and-comer, Zane Rudisill. Weber's season included three wins with seven top fives in nine feature starts. While Rudisill finished the season winless, he did compile four top fives and six top tens in nine feature starts. Mike Sherman was named the 2017 600cc Micro Sprint Rookie of the Year.Brian Marriott claimed the 270cc Micro Sprint championship by 16 points over Levi Peck. Marriott's season highlights featured two wins, one of which was on opening day, eight top fives and ten top tens in ten feature starts. Branstin Shue was awarded the 2017 270cc Micro Sprint Rookie of the Year award.The Limited Stock championship was awarded to Jason Chronister. Chronister's first track championship was highlighted by three wins and 11 top fives in 14 feature starts. Runner-up, Robbie Carroll, finished 27 points behind Chronister with six wins and 11 top fives finishes in 16 starts. Matt Worley was awarded the 2017 Limited Stock Rookie of the Year award.The 45th annual event included awards such as the "Armin Hostetter Annual Appreciation Award" given to Sherril "Pop" Guise, an award for the Trail-Way Speedway Central PA Legends track champion, Chris Transeau, and the annual Lynn Sheaffer Video Award, presented to Roy Denike.Brad Hostetter, race director, announced opening race dates for the 2018 season. Trail-Way Speedway's 46th season will open with a practice session on Saturday, March 24, followed by the first of three AMA Motorcycle Short Track races, Saturday, March 31. The 600 & 270 Micros along with the Central PA Legends will kick off the 2018 race season, Saturday, April 7. The Friday night opener will be April 13, and will feature the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars and the Large Tire Street Stocks. The 2018 schedule will be posted to the website once it is finalized.The Large Tire Street Stocks will be a part of our weekly Friday night racing series in 2018. Trail-Way track management and tech inspectors put a lot of time in this offseason to compile a very competitive and thorough rules package.Additional improvements for the 2018 racing season include the addition of 20 loads of clay, re-painted walls, upgraded LED pit lights and a new fire aide suppression system which is portable and non-toxic to the driver. The scales in the pits have been raised and will be operational and we anticipate adding new LED track lights to the speedway in the coming months.Motorama Races and Shows will be held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA on February 17-18, 2018. Be sure to join us for the nation's largest all indoor motorsports event with one million square feet of exhibit space and five rooms of racing! Discount tickets are available through the website www.motoramaevents.com until February 5, 2018. For more information, visit the website.For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com or the Speedway's Facebook page www.facebook.com/trailwayspeedway. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag falls.

SNEERINGER HOLDS OFF OWINGS FOR THIRD WIN OF '17 IN TRAIL-WAY 358 SPRINTS; Keiser claims first of career in 600s; Long scores first win of the year in 270s; Rohrbaugh wins street stocks

HANOVER, PA (8/11/2017) – "It was either wrecker or checker tonight."

They were Isaac Sneeringer's first words in victory lane after scoring his third win of the season in the 25-lap Trone Outdoor Advertising "358" sprint car championship event at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

"I saw Steve Owings behind me and he's a hell of a driver," said Sneeringer after picking up the $1,200 top prize, "We tightened the hell out of it and I almost crashed down thee in turn two once. I love racing here, and Trail-Way has done a great job this year. We're down on money this year and that's why we're only running here."

Sneeringer started sixth and slid under outside front row starter and race-long leader Joe Trone, Jr. for the race lead in turn two of lap five. Despite making contact with lapped cars twice during the race and heavy late-race pressure from eighth-starting and point leader Steve Owings, Sneeringer hung on for a two-carlength lead at the end, the 16th of his Trail-Way career.

Qualifiers for the 16 sprint cars were won by Bittinger and Sneeringer.

On the night before leaving for Penn College, Thomasville's Travis Keiser raced to his first career win in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature. He held off the late-race challenges of Jim Young with 12th-starting and hard charger Brad Weber, Randy Kunkle, Jr., and Hannah Riser crossing third through fifth.

Heats for the 16 600cc micros were won by Kameron Morral and Steven Bull.

Joe Long Jr, took the lead at the outset from his second starting spot and raced to his first win of the year in the 20-lap Mason Dixon feature for 270cc micro-sprints. Brian Marriott, Steven Cox, Levi Peck, and Zachary Cool crossed second through fifth.

Heats for the 270s were won by Peck and Cool (his first-ever qualifying win).

Kyle Rohrbaugh also won his first of the year in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Rohrbaugh claimed his 34th career win after starting on the pole and leading every lap. Shannon Weaver, Terry Hartlaub, Jason Chronister, and Robbie Carroll rounded out the top five.

Qualifying events for the 19 limited stocks were won by Hartlaub and Weaver.

Next Friday, August 18, Trail-Way returns with the Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series along with the Large Tire Street Stocks, Trail-Way Street Stocks and the Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

So said Steve Owings after giving himself a 50th birthday present in Friday night's 358 sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway.

Owings started third, dropped to fourth behind fourth-starting Isaac Sneeringer on the first lap, and was running there when polesitter Wyatt Hinkle and sixth-starting David Holbrook made contact and brought out the caution flag on turn two of lap two. Holbrook never stopped, but the yellow flag turned into a red when Hinkle complained of pain between his shoulders. He was treated at the track by emergency personnel and released.

Owings drove back around Sneeringer for second on the restart, and drove under outside front row starter and race-long leader Cody Fletcher for the top spot on turn four of lap ten. From there, he dominated the rest of the way, crossing 1.75 seconds ahead of Sneeringer, who took second from Fletcher on lap 12.

"This is a great racing surface," continued Owings, "Some of those guys from Lincoln ought to come here."

Qualifiers for the ten sprint cars were won by Mike Bittinger and Owings. Bittinger jumped from his car and rolled onto the ground after experiencing a fire in his race car during a 16th-lap caution. He was uninjured.

Bradley Weber raced to his second win of the year and the 11th win of his Trail-Way career in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature. His margin of victory was 2.16 seconds over Jim Young, with Steven Bull (who led the first 11 laps) third, hard charger Jesse Snyder (who started 12th) fourth, and Tyler Leese fifth.

Young and Leese were the heat winners for the 15 micros on hand.

Jeremy Stremmel, started second and led every lap of the 20-lap street stock feature. It was was also Stremmel's second win of the year and the ninth of his TW career. Zach Myers finished second, with Michael Goodwin and Travis Leh the only other two cars running at the end. Dalton Myers was credited with fifth.

Stremmel also won the lone heat for the seven street stocks in attendance.

Jason Chronister started on the outside of the front row and led every lap of the 15-lap main for limited stocks.

It was Chronister's third win of the year and the 17th win of his career at Trail-Way. He crossed .43 seconds ahead of polesitter Robbie Carroll, who held off 17th-starting Terry Hartlaub and Justin Wagaman in a wild three-car race for the runner-up spot. Roy Denike was fifth.

Carroll and Jason Chronister were heat winners for the 20 limited stocks.

Next Friday, July 14th, Trail-Way swings back into action with the 358 Late Models, the Big Wheel Street Stocks, Trail-Way Street Stocks, and Limited Stocks. The Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown will be in attendance for "ARCH Night," and will be offering $3 off general admission with proof of membership. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

BITTINGER CLAIMS FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR IN TRAIL-WAY "358" SPRINTS;Snyder, Transeau, Walls other Friday night winners

HANOVER, PA (6/30/2017) – Mike Bittinger started on the pole and led every lap en route to his first win of the year in the 25-lap "358" sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

It was quite the turnaround for the Abbottstown driver, who has been experiencing mechanical woes over the past few weeks. He told one track official earlier in the evening that he changed everything but the tail tank over the past few weeks, so this week he changed that too.

"I'm glad to be back out," said Bittinger upon exiting his Apple Automotive/Boulder Pools/Three Hogs Barbecue/Big Mike's Crabhouse #12 in victory lane, "I saw the 35 car (Steve Owings) back up to third, but I thought I'd be okay without cautions."

"(David) Holbrook showed me his nose on the restart, and I moved around a little bit and found something down low," continued Bittinger after his 16th career Trail-Way win.

Holbrook started second and finished there, with Owings coming from the back after dropping into the pits and returning to the track during an opening lap caution. Isaac Sneeringer and Joe Trone, Jr. completed the top five.

Qualifiers for the 12 sprint cars were won by Bittinger and Holbrook.

Jesse Snyder raced to his first win of the year and sixth of his Trail-Way career in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature. He started on the outside of the front row and led every lap, with Garrett Bard, hard charger Bradley Weber (who started 11th), Christian Reed and Zane Rudisill rounding out the top five.

Heats for the 17 micros were won by Jim Young and Weber.

Chris Transeau took the checkered flag in a wild 20-lap Central PA Legends feature that saw two leaders crash out during the event. Polesitter Greg Burd took the lead from the outset and paced the field the first 13 laps. Following a 14th-lap restart, Burd and third-place Hayden Pascoe made contact in turn four, with both cars ending up in the infield and Burd taken to the pits. Mason Chaney, who was running second at the time, assumed the lead for the restart, but he spun following contact with Travis McClelland. Transeau became the third leader of the event, and raced to his second win of the year. Chris Mc Kinney, Tim O Sheehan, Jason Gastley, and Rick Hartwig crossed second through fifth.

Heats for the 18 Legends were won by Scott Houdeshell and Transeau.

Brian Walls came back from early-race spin to win his second race of the year in the 20-lap street stock feature. Walls, who brought out the caution with a spin in turns three and four of lap two, slid under race-long leader Michael Goodwin on the fourth turn of lap 11 to take the lead and score his eighth career Trail-Way win. Goodwin settled for second, with hard charger Jeremy Stremmel (who started ninth), Dalton Myers, and Zach Myers finishing third through fifth. The lone qualifier for the nine street stocks was won by Goodwin.

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 1, Trail-Way hosts the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demolition. Also in action will be the Limited Stocks, Figure 8 and Ladies Powder Puff. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Next Friday, July 7, Trail-Way swings back into action with the 358 Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints, Street stocks and Limited Stocks. TW will also host "kids race car rides." Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (6/23/2017) – Steve Owings padded his points win by claiming his third win of the year in the 25-lap "358" sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

"We've got a fast car once we get going," said Owings upon exiting the Westminster Transmission/Westminster Lawn/Valentine Motorsports #35 in victory lane, "But we've been stumbling on the starts. We weren't fast on the initial start. But that red flag on the first lap gave us a second chance."

An inversion draw put Owings on the pole for the start. Owings appeared to have trouble getting up to speed on the starts and lone restart once the race got underway. Owings followed outside front row starter David Holbrook on the first lap, but a Chris Priar flip in turns three and four forced a complete restart.

Owings was able to hold off Holbrook on the second attempt to start the race and was scored the leader of every lap, despite stumbling again on the lone restart after that (a lap 17 caution for an Isaac Sneeringer spin on turn two).

His final margin of victory over Holbrook was 2.03 seconds, with Dwight Leppo, Cody Fletcher, and Joe Trone, Jr. completing the top five.

"I don't know why we don't get more cars," said Owings of the thin field of nine, "We've been tearing some cars up in the heats, and maybe that's why guys don't come. It's a lot of fun here."

The lone qualifier for 358's was won by Sneeringer, who was credited with a sixth-place finish after spinning again on the final lap of the feature.

Brad Weber scored the win in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature after starting on the pole and leading every lap. It was Weber's first win of the year and the 10th of his Trail-Way career, moving him into a three-way tie with Dwayne Gutshall and Tyler Walton on the all-time TW win list. His final margin of victory over Steven Bull was 3.22 seconds.

Darren Kauffman, Zane Rudisill, and Hannah Riser rounded out the top five.

Heats for the 13 600cc micros were won by Weber and Kauffman.

Predicted rains arrived during the Mason Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature, forcing postponement of the remainder of the event, which will be completed on Friday, July 21st.

Also postponed by rain were the limited stock and vintage car features. The limited stock feature will be made up next Saturday, July 1st, and the make-up date for the Les Coghill Memorial for vintage cars is still to be determined.

Next Friday, June 30, 2017, Trail-Way Speedway will be back in action with the 358 Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints, Central PA Legends and Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and racing begins at 7:45 p.m.

The following day, Saturday, July 1, Trail-Way hosts the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demolition. Also in action will be the Limited Stocks, Figure 8 and Ladies Powder Puff. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (5/26/2017) – Isaac Sneeringer inched ahead of race-long leader Dwight Leppo moments before a 17th-lap red flag and held off Leppo the rest of the way to score his first win of the year in the 25-lap Insinger Performance Fuels Spring Championship for 358 sprint cars at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

"I needed the lapped traffic, and got him right at the line before that red," said Sneeringer upon exiting his TE Racing #19Z in victory lane, "She took off like a rocket after the red. The first three weeks we had a vibration, and tonight it was better. We have a baby boy on the way in a couple of weeks, and this money will probably go toward that!"

A 12-car redraw placed Leppo on the outside of the front row for the start, and he grabbed the lead from polesitter Joe Trone, Jr. at the outset and led the first 16 laps. Sneeringer, who started fourth, caught Leppo at the line to complete lap 17. They were the only two cars to pass under the flagstand before a red flag came out for a flipping Chris Priar in turn two.

Sneeringer assumed the lead for the restart, and crossed .84 seconds ahead of Leppo at the finish to claim the $1,200 top prize. Big Mike's Crabhouse hard charger Steve Owings came from 11thstarting spot to finish third, with Jeff Halligan and J.B. Cunningham completing the top five.

Sixth through tenth were Cody Fletcher, David Holbrook, T.J. DeHaven, Steve Kisamore, and Trone completing the top ten.

Qualifiers for the 16 sprint cars were won by Sneeringer and Todd Gracey.

For the first time in his career, Jim Young was a double winner in the micro-sprint divisions, claiming both the 600cc micro-sprint and Mason-Dixon 270cc micro-sprint features.

In the 600s, Young bested Bradley Weber by .44 seconds. Travis Keiser, Jesse Snyder, and hard charger Kameron Morral (who started 12th, completed the top five.

In the 270, Young crossed .75 seconds ahead of Brian Marriott, with Mike Rutherford, Joe Long Jr. and Billy Logeman rounding out the top five.

Heats for the 600s were won by Young and Jesse Snyder.

Qualifiers for the 270s were claimed by Levi Peck, Cory Myers, and Rutherford.

Brian Walls blew away the field in the 20-lap street stock feature, ending his race 8.47 seconds ahead of Matt Wampler, with Aaron Beard, Cory Weishaar, and Dalton Myers finishing third through fifth.

Walls was also the event's hard charger, coming from 11th starting spot to catch Wampler following a fourth-lap caution for Zach Myers, who was running second at the time. Walls actually advanced from 11th to fifth after two failed attempts to start the race resulting in cautions on lap one.

Matt Chronister came from 11th-starting spot to score his first win of the year in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Brother Jason Chronister (who started 12th) finished second, with Robbie Carroll, Terry Hartlaub, and Justin Wagaman crossing third through fifth.

Heats were won by Matt Chronister and Terry Hartlaub.

Next Friday, June 2, 2017, Trail-Way Speedway will be dark. However, the following day, Saturday, June 3, 2017, Trail-Way will feature the 6th Annual "Armin Hostetter Classic," for the AMA Short Track series. Gates open at 3:00 p.m. and racing begins at 6:00 p.m.

The following Friday night, Trail-Way hosts the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprints along with the Street Stocks and Limited Stocks. Also in action will be the Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints in the "Gary Kiefert Memorial" race. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

"I hated to see Cody lose that race," said Owings after exiting the Westminster Transmission/Westminster Lawn/Valentine Motorsports #35 in victory lane, "I want to thank the crew. A monkey could drive this car."

"There were a lot of lapped cars, but everyone held their line and nobody did anything stupid," continued Owings, "This is a good place to run. I don't understand why more cars don't come here to race."

Actually, Friday night's field of 19 cars was the biggest of the year. Owings started eighth and was also the event's Big Mike Crabhouse hard charger. Owings was fifth by the end of the first lap, advanced to third by the fifth lap, drove around Todd Gracey for second on lap seven, and spent the next 17 laps tracking down Fletcher before making the race-winning pass exiting turn two of lap 24.

Heats for the 358 sprint cars were won by Sneeringer, Holbrook, and Gracey.

The start of the feature events was delayed one-half hour by a shower that hit the speedway.

Brad Shank scored his first career win in the 25-lap feature for 358 late models. Shank started fourth out of the five cars that were able to report out for the feature. Travis Mease and Shank ran first and second the entire way until Shank took the lead on lap 13 as the two made contact on the front stretch and Mease spun into the infield. Bobby Beard assumed second for the restart and ran there the rest of the way, crossing .63 seconds behind the winner. Tommy Slaker finished third, followed by Mease and Larry Neiderer.

The lone heat for the eight 358 late models was won by Bobby Beard.

Chris Transeau raced to his first win of the year and the third of his TW career in the 20-lap Central PA Legends feature. Bill Diehl led the first 15 laps from the pole before yielding to Transeau. One lap later, Diehl dropped from the field with damage from an earlier incident with a lapped car during a caution period.

Heats for the 26 Legends were won by Diehl, Transeau, and Scott Houdeshell. Alex Schmidel was the consolation winner.

Jason Chronister drove away from the field to score his second win of the year and career 16th in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Chronister started fourth, crossed second behind polesitter Robbie Carroll at the end of the first lap, and took the lead from Carroll on lap two. Shannon Weaver, Travis Brown, Julio Perez, and 12th-starting Justin Wagaman finished second through fifth.

Heats for the 23 limited stocks were won by Weaver, Chronister, and Brown.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (4/28/2017) – Dover's Tommy Slanker took the lead from his outside front row starting spot and led every lap for his first career late model win in the 25-lap Precise Racing Products 358 late model feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

"I don't know what to say," said Slanker upon exiting the Rick Christine-owned York Auto Repair/Sipe's Driveway Sealing #67 in victory lane, "This track was racey, and that's the way I like it. Rick believed in me, and this is his car. That's why it's numbered 67."

Crossing .87 seconds behind Slanker was third-starting Travis Mease, with hard-charger Kerry King (who started 13th), Robbie Emory, and Brad Shank completing the top five. Cam Zeigler came from the back to finish sixth after an early-race spin that also involved Shaun Jones, who finished eighth.

Qualifiers for the 14 "358" late models were won by Zeigler and Emory.

Like Slanker in the late models, Mike Rutherford started second and led every lap of the 20-lap Mason-Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature. It was Rutherford's 13th career Trail-Way win, tying for eighth on the all-time win list with Steve Buckwalter and Shawn Minkey.

Charlie Summers was the winner of the 20-lap Classic Car feature, holding off heavy pressure from Jim Crocker over the second half of the race. Joe Brown, Steve Clemo, and Dylan Brown rounded out the top five.

Summers also won the lone heat for the ten Classic Cars on hand.

Defending track champ Justin Wagaman started fourth, wrestled the lead from outside front row starter Roy Denike on lap eight, and drove away to his second career win in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Denike settled for second, with Charles Millender, 12th-starting Jason Chronister, and Justin Oberlin completing the top five.

John Marks crossed sixth, and was declared the winner of the modified portion of the vintage car program.

Wrightstone was also the winner of the lone qualifier for the vintage cars.

Next Friday, May 5, 2017, Trail-Way Speedway hosts the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprints along with the Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints and the Street Stocks Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

The following night, Saturday, May 6, 2017, Trail-Way swings back into action with the first of three, "Kings of Crash," Junk Car Demolition. Limited Stocks, Figure 8 and Powder Puff will also be in racing action. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with racing scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (4/21/2017) – Dwight Leppo was in the right place at the right time to win the 358 sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

Leppo, who finished second to Steve Owings on opening night, started fourth and was running second when third-starting J.B. Cunningham pulled up lame while leading in turn four of lap 16. He assumed the lead for the restart and led the rest of the way, crossing 1.25 seconds ahead of fifth-starting and defending track champ David Holbrook at the finish.

"It felt pretty good tonight," said Leppo upon exiting his family-owned Belmit Engineering Development/Joe Mssinger Home Improvements/Auchey Body Shop #4 in victory lane, "It felt good last week, too, but this week worked out better. I like lapped traffic, but it was nice to run where you want to for once."

Owings, who lost a rear end in his qualifying event and lost several spots when he got out of shape and ran through the infield in the feature, came back to finish third and was named the event's hard charger after starting ninth. Isaac Sneeringer and Wyatt Hinkle completed the top five.

Sixth through eighth were Joe Trone, Jr., Colt White, and Landon Myers. They were the only cars that finished the race.

Heats for the 16 sprint cars were won by Sneeringer and Holbrook.

Kameron Morral started on the pole and led every lap of the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature for his second career Trail-Way win. Jesse Snyder, Tyler Walton, Nash Ely, and Hannah Riser completed the top five.

Qualifiers for the 17 micros were won by Walton and Snyder.

Eric Johnson started on the outside of the front row and led whole way in the 20-lap season opener for the street stocks. It was Johnson's fourth career TW win. Michael Goodwin, Brian Walls, Zach Myers, and G.S.B. Asphalt hard charger Travis Leh (who started ninth) rounded out the top five.

Heats for the 12 street stocks were won by Brian Walls and Jeremy Stremmel.

Jason Chronister held off the late race challenges of Justin Wagaman to claim his 15th career Trail-Way win in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Chronister's final margin of victory was a scant .25 seconds. Terry Hartlaub, Travis Brown, and Justin Oberlin finished third through fifth.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

Owings started third, slid under race-long leader Dwight Leppo for the front spot exiting turn two of lap 20, and scored his 11th career Trail-Way win in a non-stop time of six minutes, seven seconds.

"Dwight drove a hell-of-a race," said Owings upon exiting the Rodney Valentine Westminster Lawn/B&D Truck Hoist #35 in victory lane, "Thank goodness for lapped traffic. I don't think I could have caught him without it."

Leppo, who led the first 19 laps, crossed second, followed by fifth-starting Isaac Sneeringer, J.B. Cunningham, and polesitter Cody Fletcher, who drew a "0" pill for the inversion after winning the first heat.

"We're going to be back in the 410's tomorrow night (at Lincoln), but we'll be back here as much as we can," said Owings, "I love Trail-Way. If didn't like this, you shouldn't be here."

Heats for the 14 "358" sprint cars were won by Fletcher and Leppo.

Brian Marriott came from tenth starting spot to win the Mason Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature. It was Marriott's sixth career Trail-Way win.

Joe Long, Jr. started on the pole and led the first nine laps before Marriott made the race-winning pass on a tenth-lap restart. Jim Young, Michael Boer, and Mike Rutherford rounded out the top five.

Qualifiers for the 18 micros were won by Marriott and Rutherford.

Mason Chaney scored the win in a wild 20-lap Central PA Legends feature that saw him lead laps two through four, and lap six through 20. Polesitter Bill Diehl led the fist lap and Hayden Pascoe led lap five in a multi-car battle at the front of the field. In the end, Chaney crossed .34 seconds ahead of Pascoe, with Diehl, Justice Forbes, and Chad Earnst rounding out the top five.

Heats for the 23 Legends were won by Chaney, Pascoe, and Diehl. The 15-lap limited stock feature was also a wild one, with Matt Chronister dropping from the field while leading on lap 11 and brother Jason Chronister slowing while leading on the final turn.

Picking up his ninth career win was Robbie Carroll, who also won by .34 seconds. Chronister was able to hang on to second, with Justin Wagaman, Charles Millender, and Terry Hartlaub completing the top five.

Qualifiers for the 20 limited stocks were won by Chad Weaver and Jason Chronister.

Next Friday, April 21, 2017, Trail-Way Speedway hosts the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars along with the Limited Stocks, Street Stocks and 600 Micro Sprints. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m. It will be the first of two consecutive "Student Night's." Present your student identification at the admission gate to receive free general admission.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (9/9/2016) – After two unsuccessful attempts to start the race, Abbottstown’s Mike Bittinger outran polesitter Wyatt Hinkle to the first turn and led every lap of the non-stop 25-lap feature for 358 sprint cars at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

“I’m an old man,” said Bittinger upon exiting his Apple Automotive/Boulder Pools #12 in victory lane, “They really made me feel old in the heat and knocked me all around.”

“Starting position helped tonight,” added Bittinger, “I’ve been down on myself that past few months, and tonight was a great way to end the year. I started paying attention to the scoreboard there toward the end. I wasn’t going full-bore until the 77 stuck his nose under me, and decided I’d step it up and give it everything I had.”

Bittinger’s second win of the year came one week after picking up the hard luck bonus in the Lincoln/Trail-Way two night “Shootout.” The non-stop 25-lap time was six minutes, 10.06 seconds.

David Holbrook’s second-place finish was good enough to lock up the 2016 Trail-Way track title.

“We came up short tonight, and that was driver error,” said Holbrook during a brief interview in victory lane, “I want to thank (car owner) Mike Parris and the crew for a great job this season. We’ll be back next year and be better than ever.”

Holbrook started third and drove around Hinkle for the runner-up spot on lap 14. Fourth-starting caught Hinkle for third on lap 14 and finished there, with TW rookie of-the-year Tyler Walton and Hinkle rounding out the top five. Sixth through ninth were Zach Euculano, Dave Thrush, Cody Fletcher, and hard charger Shane Yost, who started 14th. Dan Richcreek was a DNF but credited with tenth.

One of the two unsuccessful attempts to start the race was marred by a five-car crash that involved heat winners Cody Fletcher and Dwight Leppo, Seth Kearchner, Randy Whisler, and Brody Treaster. The cars of Kearchner and Leppo flipped, and both driver were uninjured but done for the night. The other three were able to continue.

2015 track champ Cory Myers raced to his first win of the year in the 20-lap Mason-Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature. He held of the race-long challenges of Bill Laughman for the win, with Chad Myers, Brian Marriott, and Jim Still rounding out the top five.

Chad’s third-place finish secured the 2016 track title.

Heats for the 21 micros were won by the Myers brothers and Steven Cox.

Mike Goodwin claimed the 2016 TW street stock title with his third win of the year in the 20-lap street stock feature. Travis Leh, Jeremy Stremmel, Marshall McMullen, and Zach Myers rounded out the top five.

Stremmel and McMullen finished in a dead tie for second in the season point series, seven points behind Goodwin.Heats for the 12 street stocks were won by Dalton Myers and Goodwin.

The limited stock feature was wiped out by rain, with Justin Wagaman claiming the season point title by 15 points over Robbie Carroll.

Qualifiers for the 18 limited stocks were won by rookie of-the-year Charles Millender and Matt Chronister. Drivers from the limited stock division were paid for the night based on their heat race finishes.

Tomorrow, Saturday, September 10th, Trail-Way hosts the final AMA Motorcycle Flat Track races of the 2016 season. Gates open at 3:00 p.m., with racing scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Trail-Way Speedway will be dark next weekend, September 16-17, but will return on Saturday September 24th, with the 27th Annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial. The 270 & 600 Micro Sprints will join the Central PA Legends. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with heats beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The 18th Annual “Thunder on the Farm” will be held Saturday, October 1st. The Precise Racing Products 358 Late Models will highlight the three-division event with their final series point race of 2016. Joining the Late Models will be the Street Stocks and the Limited Stocks. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. with heats beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Pre-registration and additional information regarding the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial and Thunder on the Farm, will be made available on our website, trail-wayspeedway.com, in the coming days.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

OWINGS CLAIMS THIRD WIN OF THE YEAR IN TRAIL-WAY 358 SPRINTS;YOUNG WINS FEATURE, SECOND TITLE IN 600CC MICROS; JUSTIN LEH DECLARED WINNER OF STREET STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER DQ OF BRIAN WALLS; ROST WINS LYLE ADCOCK MEMORIAL FOR CLASSIC CARS

HANOVER, PA (8/26/2016) – Steve Owings made a late-race pass under Seth Kearchner to score his third win of the year in Friday night’s 25-lap “358” sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway.

“They made me work for this one,” said Owings upon exiting the Valentine Motorsports/Westminster Transmission/B&D Truck Hoist #35 in victory lane, “They were running fast up front. Lapped cars and driver experience made the difference tonight.”

An inversion draw of four put Owings on the inside of row two for the start.

Seth Kearchner started second and led the first 23 laps before Owings slid under Kearchner as the two leaders passed under the white flag. Two turns later, disaster struck for Kearchner, who hit the lapped car of Steve Kisamore, bringing out the caution and ending the night for both drivers.

Owings led the final lap to claim his tenth career Trail-Way win, with Jeff Halligan, polesitter Kody Hartlaub, Tyler Walton, and Isaac Sneeringer completing the top five.

“If it weren’t for Steve Rucker, we would be here,” said Owings, “We’ve been running here since motorcycles in 80’s. It’s just a lot of fun here.”

Johnstown’s Jim Young added an exclamation point to his second Trail-Way track title by winning the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature. It was Young’s third TW win of the year and 10th of his Trail-Way career. Second through fifth were Brad Weber, Mike Rynard, Zane Rudisill, and Hannah Riser.

Heats for the 18 micros were won by Darren Kauffman and Young.

Travis Leh was declared the winner of the 25-lap street stock championship when apparent winner Brian Walls was disqualified following a refusal by his car owner to a requested post-race inspection. It was Leh’s first career street stock win.

Michael Goodwin, Jeremy Stremmel, Dalton Myers and Pat Meadowcroft were credited with second through fifth.Heats for the street stocks were won by Zach Myers and Leh.

Jim Rost won the 20-lap Lyle Adcock Memorial for Classic Cars.

His margin of victory was a half-lap after Joe Brown and Ron Grove got together while racing for second with two laps to go. Both drivers recovered, and Brown crossed second followed by Grove. Tim Fake and Neal Reamer completed the top five.

Heats for the nine Classic Cars were won by Reamer and Rost.

Tomorrow, Saturday, August 27th, Trail-Wasy hosts the “Kings of Crash” Junk Car Demolition. Also in action will be the Figure 8, Powder Puff and the Limited Stocks in a Championship race. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with the “Best Appearing Junk Car Contest” beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Next Friday, September 2nd, Trail-Way hosts the conclusion of the Lincoln Speedway/Trail-Way Speedway 358 Sprint Car Shootout. Also on the schedule will be the Limited Stocks, ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends and the Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

"How about that!" exclaimed Cunningham upon exiting the Jason Bulick #39 sponsored by Log Cabin Inn and K&C Enterprises in victory lane, "All the good guys kept falling out. We busted our butts the last two weeks. This is a new frame because we thought the other one was junk. I can't thank Jason and the rest of the crew enough for their hard work. This win was on our bucket list."

Cunningham started on the outside pole and led every lap, holding off several different challengers during the race. Four different drivers dropped from the field during the event. Cody Fletcher spun and collected fifth-place Kevin Nouse on turn two of lap nine. Two laps later, points leader David Holbrook collided with a lapped car in turn two. On that caution, Dwight Leppo, who inherited second for the restart, stopped on the back stretch. Then on lap 21, Doug Hammaker ended up on the outside wall while trying to chase down Cunningham.

Hammaker was done for the night and credited with an 11th-place finish, good enough to claim the four-track, eight race Capitol Renegage "King of the 358's" point series by a mere five points over Nouse, who came back through the field to finish third.

"We got lucky with those cars dropping out," said Hammaker on his eight-race series win, "My old man's ticked because he though my crash was a bonehead move." Hammaker's series title was worth $2,000.

Second through fifth in the Trone Championship event were 12th-starting Isaac Sneeringer, Nouse, polesitter Dave Thrush, and hard charger Mike Bittinger, who started 17th.

Qualifiers for the 20 "358" sprints were won by Seth Kearchner, Hammaker, and Leppo.

Hayden Miller claimed his third win of the year in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature.

Miller was running second when leader Jim Young spun in turn four of lap eight and led the next nine laps before 12th-starting Brad Weber got by on lap 17. Weber's motor went sour, and Miller reclaimed the lead on lap 19. Weber dove to the infield during a last-lap caution, and Anthony Macri crossed second at the end. Dylan Norris, Darren Kauffman, and Daniel Bair finished third through fifth.

Heats for the 16 600s were won by Young and Miller.

Jim Still, who announced in victory lane that this will be his final season, scored his first win of the year and the 18th of his Trail-Way career in the Mason Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature event. Brian Marriott, Mike Rutherford; Chad Myers, and Cory Myers completed the top five.

Heats for the 20 270s were won by Marriott and Steven Cox.

Robbie Carroll scored his third win of the year and seventh of his TW career in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Shane Miller, Jason Chronister, Justin Wagaman, and Matt Chronister rounded out the top five.

Carroll and Charles Millender were heat winners for the 17 limited stocks.

Next Friday, August 26th, Trail-Way swings back into action with the 358 Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints, Street Stocks in a Championship race and the Classic Cars, who will be competing in the Lyle Adcock Memorial. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

The following day, Saturday, August 27th, Trail-Way hosts the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demolition. Also in action will be the Figure 8, Powder Puff and the Limited Stocks in a Championship race. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with the "Best Appearing Junk Car Contest" beginning at 6:00 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

Holbrook spun while racing with the leaders in last Friday's feature. But there was no such bad luck this week, as Holbrook started fifth and took the lead from Mike Bittinger in turns three and four of lap ten.

Holbrook was the third leader of the race. Outside front row starter Kody Hartlaub took the lead from polesitter Isaac Sneeringer at the start and led the first six laps before he got sideways and collected Sneeringer in turn two of the seventh lap. Bittinger was running third at the time and assumed the lead for the restart. He led the next two laps before Holbrook made the race-winning pass.

"I don't know what happened to Mike coming off turn two," said Holbrook. On the final lap, Bittinger hit the wall and suffered a flat tire, bringing out the checkered and caution simultaneously. He was scored 13th at the end.

"We're taking a lot of notes and getting better," said Holbrook, "These Steve Rucker motors (which have won for the third week in a row) have been working great, and I want to thank the crew."

Holbrook's win vaulted him into the points lead by ten points over Seth Kearchner and 26 points over the absent Doug Hammaker.

Second through fifth were eighth-starting Dwight Leppo, tenth-starting Jeff Halligan, 12th-starting and hard charger Steve Owings (who has two wins and a fourth in his three TW races this year), and Kearchner. Sixth through tenth were Tyler Walton, Rick Horn, Zach Euculano, Brandon Noel, and J.B. Cunningham.

Qualifiers for the 17 "358" sprinters were won by Sneeringer and Hartlaub.

Brad Weber scored his first win of the year and ninth or his Trail-Way career in the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature, crossing 3.32 seconds ahead of Jake Frye. Hannah Riser, Garrett Bard, and Christian Reed completed the top five.

Heats for the 13 micros were won by points leader Jim Young and Frye.

Matt Wampler was the winner of a wild 20-lap street stock feature that saw six cars finish the 18-car event. Wampler was pressured by Marshall McMullen for several laps before McMullen got out of shape trying to make the race-winning pass on the final t[urn. McMullen crossed .94 seconds behind the winner, with Brian Walls, Jeremy Stremmel, and Will Walls finishing third through fifth.

McMullen and Wampler were heat winners.

Robbie Carroll raced to his second win of the year in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Matt Chronister, Justin Wagaman, Justin Oberlin and Travis Brown rounded out the top five.

Julio Perez and Carroll were heat winners for the 18 limited stocks.

Next Friday, August 12th, Trail-Way hosts a jam-packed schedule featuring the Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series along with the Limited Stocks and ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends. The Street Stocks will participate in the second leg of the Susquehanna/Trail-Way Street Stock/Xtreme Stock Shootout. The Large Tire Street Stocks will make their first appearance since 2013 at Trail-Way in a 25-lap, $600 to win Showdown, featuring racecars from Susquehanna, Big Diamond, Hagerstown and Winchester Speedways. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

An inversion draw placed Cody Fletcher on the pole for the start, and despite leading the first eleven laps while holding off eighth starting David Holbrook, who made several attempts for the lead, Owings raced his way around both drivers by lap 12 and never looked back.

"I don't know about Groundhog's Day... but I did feel a lot better being third with the #77 (David Holbrook) and the #66A (Cody Fletcher) ahead of me to see what they were doing. I just waited and finally had the opportunity to make my move."

Owings mentioned in victory lane that he and his crew plan to race at Trail-Way in the 358 Sprint Car division next Friday night.

"It had been a while since I had been in victory lane... this feels good!"

Fletcher crossed the line second followed by the Big Mike's Crabhouse Hard Charger, Jeff Halligan, who started 17th in the 25-lap feature and finished third. Dale Hammaker and Holbrook completed the top five.

Qualifiers for the 18 "358" Sprints were won by Holbrook, Tyler Walton and Kearchner.

Ninth starting, Lucas Montgomery, won by the length of a bumper at the line, beating race-long leader Mason Chaney, for his ninth career Trail-Way win and first of the year.

Chaney joined Montgomery in victory lane following the close call at the flag stand. Trail-Way Speedway announcer, Scott Hockensmith, told Chaney he had only lost by the length of a bumper. Chaney's response to Montgomery was to "take off his bumper."

Following Montgomery and Chaney across the line were Chad Earnst, Bill Diehl and Justice Forbes, completing the top five.

Qualifiers for the 21 Legends were won by Chris McKinney and Montgomery.

Brian Walls raced from last place (13th starting position) to win his fourth career 20-lap Street Stock feature, and second of the 2016 racing season.

Outside polesitter, Aaron Beard, led from the drop of the green until a lap four restart saw polesitter Zach Myers take over the top spot. Walls moved into second on lap eleven and claimed the lead only three laps later.

Second through fifth were Marshall McMullen, Zach Myers, Beard and Alex Updegraff.

Heats for the 13 Street Stocks were won by Zach Myers and Michael Goodwin.

Jeff Foster held off the charges of Julio Perez and Justin Oberlin to claim the 15-lap Limited Stock win. Perez and Oberlin attempted several passes throughout the feature, almost succeeding on lap ten when the lapped car driven by Creden Sponseller, Jr. became a factor. Sponseller nearly collected Foster, but Foster never stopped his car, which allowed him to restart in the lead.

Foster held on to claim his second career Trail-Way Limited Stock win and first of 2016, followed by Rohrbaugh in second, and Robbie Carroll, who came back from restarting in the rear after a caution on the initial green to finish third. Fourth and fifth went to Perez and Oberlin.

Heats for the 20 Limited Stocks were won by Oberlin and Matt Chronister.

Next Friday, August 5th, Trail-Way hosts the 358 Sprints along with the Limited Stocks, Street Stocks and 600 Micro Sprints. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

The following Friday, August 12th, Trail-Way hosts a jam-packed schedule featuring the Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series along with the Limited Stocks and ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends. The Street Stocks will participate in the second leg of the Susquehanna/Trail-Way Street Stock/Xtreme Stock Shootout. The Large Tire Street Stocks will make their first appearance since 2013 at Trail-Way in a 25-lap, $600 to win Showdown, featuring racecars from Susquehanna, Big Diamond, Hagerstown and Winchester Speedways. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

"I have to thank Steve Rucker for the motor and the crew for its hard work in switching this car around this week," said Owings upon exiting his Westminster Transmission/Valentine Motorsports #35 in victory lane, "We got a lucky draw. That was a long 25 laps. I had the top wing the whole way back in the trunk, we were pushing, and I wasn't quick enough on the restarts."

"With my crew and Brad McClelland wrenching, any monkey could have driven this thing tonight," continued Owings, "We love this place!"

An inversion draw put Owings on the pole for the start, and he led every lap. He crossed .81 seconds ahead of fifth-starting David Holbrook, with Dwight Leppo, 11th-starting hard charger Jeff Halligan, and Zach Euculano completing the top five. While Owings was driving away to nearly a half-lap lead by the mid-race point, five cars raced wheel-to-wheel for second through sixth.

Rounding out the top ten for the 18 "358" sprint cars were Seth Kearchner, JB Cunningham, Jr.,Isaac Sneeringer, Randy Whisler, and Dan Richcreek.

Sprint car qualifiers were won by Cody Fletcher and points leader Doug Hammaker, who were both involved a three-car crash in turns one and two of lap two of the feature. Both cars were done for the night.

Hayden Miller dominated the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature, starting on the outside pole and leading every lap. Tom Frachetta, Bred Weber, Jim Young, and North Carolina's Danny Jones completed the top five.

Heats for the 16 "600" micros were won by Jones and Young.

The Mason Dixon 270cc micro-sprint main went to Brian Marriott, who started on the pole and led every lap, crossing 1.78 seconds ahead of Bill Laughman, with Levi Peck, Mike Boer, and Chad Myers finishing third through fifth.

Heats for the 22 "270" micros were won by Peck and Richie Keller III.

Jason Chronister was the winner in the 15-lap limited stock feature. His victory came six laps after brother Matt broke and barrel-rolled in turns three and four while leading on lap nine.

Jason assumed third for the restart, passed Jeff Foster for second on lap ten, and then took the lead from Robbie Carroll on lap 13. He drove away to a 1.4-second win, followed by Carroll, Foster, 15th-starting Cory Weishaar, and Mike Kolodiej, Jr. (who came back from the rear after a rough riding call on lap two.

Qualifiers for the 21 limited stocks were won by Kolodiej and Justin Wagaman.

Jim Crocker drove under Joe Brown exiting turn two of lap ten and went on to win the 20-lap feature for Classic Cars. Brown settled for second, with Jim Rost, Neal Reamer, and Steve Clemo crossing third through fifth.

Heats for the 11 Classic Cars were won by Joe Brown and Charlie Summers.

Next Friday, July 29th, the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Sprints return to Trail-Way along with the Limited Stocks, Street Stocks and the ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends. This will also be "Kids Race Car Rides" Night! Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

That's how Myerstown's Brent Marks described Trail-Way Speedway after winning the first 410 sprint car race in ten years at Trail-Way Speedway Sunday night. The special event was the second of three nights of racing as part of the Lincoln/Trail-Way/Susquehanna 410 Sprint Car Shootout series and paid $3,500 to win.

Marks also received the $300 hard charger bonus from the Beer Hill Gang after coming from ninth starting spot to catch race-long leader Justin Barger exiting turn two of lap 20 and holding off eighth-starting Brian Montieth by five carlengths at the end.

"I'm 25 and still learning," added Marks after exiting his BAPS Auto Paints & Supply/M&M Painting & Construction #19M in victory lane, "I'm learning more about the car...but more importantly, I'm learning more about myself."

A redraw for the first four finishers of each heat put Marks on the inside of row five for the start. He advanced past Montieth for sixth by the end of the first lap, drove around both Kyle Moody and Rodney Westhafer for third on lap three, took second from Tyler Ross on lap eight, and then tracked down Barger for the lead 12 laps later.

Montieth took the runner-up spot from Barger on lap 23 and quickly closed on Marks. But the former micro-sprint driver with Trail-Way experience used a lapped car to block the lap 24 challenge of Montieth, scoring his first career Trail-Way 410 sprint win.

Third through fifth were Barger (who had won in his only other Trail-Way appearance in the inaugural Kevin Gobrecht Memorial 17 years ago), 11th-starting Danny Dietrich, and Ross. Sixth through tenth were Westhafer, J.B. Cunningham (in a 358 sprint car), Kyle Moody, Gerard McIntyre, Jr., and Glenndon Forsythe.

"This race was awesome," said Marks of the 410 sprinters' first appearance at Trail-Way since July 16, 2006, "I hope they run here more than once next year."

Qualifiers for the 23 "410" sprint cars were won by Steve Owings, Marks, and Westhafer.

Mike Bittinger was the Hoosier Tire hard luck award winner when he spun on the back stretch and dropped from the field on lap nine of the feature.

The 410 Sprint Car "Shootout" series concludes next Sunday night, July 17th, at Susquehanna Speedway. Danny Dietrich will enter the final "Shootout" race as the series points leader.

Garrett Bard of Wells Tannery, PA drove to the win in night number two of the 600cc micro-sprint Linda's Speedway/Trail-Way/Path Valley Shootout series.

Bard started eighth and took the lead from Travis Scott on a lap nine restart, driving away to a 3.12-second win. Scott, Brad Weber, hard charger Hayden Miller (who came from 21st starting spot), and Trail-Way points leader Jim Young completed the top five.

Heats for the micros were won by Young, Scott, and Dylan Norris (his first ever TW checkered flag).

Next Friday, July 15th, Trail-Way is back in action with the 358 Late Models. Joining the Late Models will be the Limited Stocks, Street Stocks, Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints and the PAMS Mini Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

The following Friday night, July 22nd, Trail-Way Speedway will host the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars along with the Limited Stocks, Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints, 600 Micro Sprints and Classic Cars. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats beginning at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (7/1/2016) –Tyler Walton has ten career wins, including one this season, in the micro-sprints at Trail-Way Speedway.

But on Friday night, he scored his first career win in the 358 sprint car division.

"Wow! I don't know what to say," said Walton after exiting the Roger McKeehan #4R in victory lane, "We got off to such a terrible start that I thought Roger was going to get rid of me. The car has been fast. It was just waiting on the driver."

Walton started on the outside of the front row, beat polesitter Austin Kirby to the first turn, and drove flawlessly through lapped traffic to lead every lap. Seth Kearchner ran second every lap, actually pulling alongside Walton in lapped traffic a few times. He crossed .86 seconds behind the winner, with Doug Hammaker, David Holbrook, and Jeff Halligan rounding out the top five.

Sixth through tenth were J.B. Cunningham, Dwight Leppo (who actually tipped onto his side and brought out the red flag in turn two of lap 12, but changed a flat tire and returned to the track for the restart), Kirby, hard charger Zach Euculano (who started 15th), and Dan Richcreek.

Qualifiers for the 15 sprint cars were won by Leppo and Halligan.

Lady driver Hannah Riser started on the pole and led all 20 laps of the 600cc micro-sprint feature. It was her first Trail-Way win of the year and the third of her TW career. Brad Weber crossed second, followed by Danny Jones, Jim Still, and Nash Ely.

Heats for the 14 600's were won by Still and Travis Scott, who was among four drivers involved in a backstretch melee on lap 13 and was done for the night. Zane Rudisill, Jake Frye, and Hayden Miller were the other cars involved. Frye received medical attention from track EMTs after complaining of neck pain after the crash.

Joe Long, Jr. claimed his first Trail-Way win since June of 2000 in the 20-lap Mason/Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature. Long's 4T4 started on the outside pole and led every lap. Polesitter Levi Peck crossed second, followed by 12th starting Cory Myers, 17th starting Bill Laughman, and 15th starting Chad Myers.

Heats for the 25 270's were won by Tim McClelland, Steven Cox, and Jim Young.

Mike Goodwin started sixth and raced to his first win of the year in the 20-lap street stock feature. It was Goodwin's eighth career win at Trail-Way. Aaron Beard led the first lap from his second starting spot before Goodwin took over. Goodwin was unchallenged the rest of the way, with Matt Wampler crossing 1.43 seconds behind. Third through fifth were Dalton Myers, Marshall McMullen, and 12th-starting Alex Updegraff.

Qualifiers for the 14 street stocks were won by McMullen and Goodwin.

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 2nd, Trail-Way hosts the first of two Junk Car Demolitions of the 2016 season. Joining the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demo, will be the Figure 8 and Powder Puff classes. The Limited Stocks will participate in the Trail-Way/Susquehanna Shootout. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with heats beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The following Friday night, July 8th, Trail-Way Speedway will be dark in preparation for the Sunday, July 10th Armin Hostetter Memorial, the finale of a three-track Shootout with Lincoln and Susquehanna Speedways. Joining the 410 Sprints will be the 600 Micro Sprints, who will be racing the second leg of the Trail-Way/Linda's/Path Valley Shootout.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

So asked Abbottstown's Mike Bittinger after scoring his first win of the year in the 25-lap "358" sprint car feature at Trail-Way Speedway Friday night.

Bittinger started on the outside of the front row, outran polesitter Seth Kearchner to the first turn, and led every lap of the event.

"I don't really like running up front. I'd rather have someone to chase," said Bittinger after exiting his Apple Automotive/Boulder Pools/Big Mike's Crabhouse/Newman's Racing Engines #12 in victory lane, "But I'm glad we started up there tonight because I'm not sure we would have passed anyone. We spun out lining up for the feature last time!"

Red flags marred the first two attempts to start the race. The first was for Dwight Leppo, who flipped in turn two, and the second was for David Holbrook, who turned over in turn three. Both drivers were uninjured, as was Isaac Sneeringer, who flipped hard into the second turn catch fence on lap 15.

"I put the wing back at the start and that was a mistake," said Bittinger, "So I pushed it back up."

Crossing second 1.34 seconds behind the winner was Kearchner, with hard charger Doug Hamaker (who came from seventh starting spot), Jeff Halligan, and Cody Fletcher rounding out the top five. Sixth through eighth were Zach Euculano, Kody Hartlaub, and Dalton Dietrich. Brandon Noel and Sneeringer were credited with ninth and tenth.

Qualifiers for the 15 "358" sprinters were won by Leppo and Fletcher.

Brian Walls came from tenth starting spot to win in his first appearance of the year in the 20-lap street stock feature.

Walls took the lead from outside front row starter and race-long leader Zach Myers when Myers got out of shape in turns three and four of lap 12 and drove away to a 1.44-second win.

Following a one-hour rain delay, Steven Cox took the lead from polesitter Nick Gower on lap 11 and claimed his first win of the year in the 20-lap Mason/Dixon 270cc micro-sprint feature.

Gower hung on for second, with Bill Laughman, Levi Peck, and Cory Myers completing the top five.

Qualifiers for the 17 micros were won by Peck and Cox.

Robbie Carroll scored his first win of the year in the 15-lap limited stock feature. He became the third leader of the race on lap seven. Julio Perez led the first two laps before Jason Chronister took over. Chronister dropped from the field three laps after Carroll took the lead.

Second through fifth were Matt Chronister (who came from the rear after diving to the pits to remove some debris from the driver's side of his car on the initial start that led to a caution for debris that was also on the race track), Perez, Sarah Redmond, and Charles Millender.

Heats for the 17 limited stocks were won by Jason Chronister (seventh win in eight heat races this year) and Carroll.

Brothers Mark Rickrode, Jr. and Scott Rickrode finished one-two in the 20-lap Les Coghill Memorial for Vintage Cars. The field was cut in half when six race teams left during the rain delay. It was Mark Rickrode's first-ever win in his 1874 AMC Gremlin designed to look like the old Kenny Weld modified.

Third through fifth behind the Rickrodes were Randy Minich, Gene Wrightstone, and Stew Wenrich.

Rickrode also won the lone heat for the 12 Vintage Cars.

Next Friday, July 1st, Trail-Way is back in action with the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars. Joining the Sprints will be the 600 Micro Sprints, Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints and the Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

The following day, Saturday, July 2nd, Trail-Way hosts the first of two Junk Car Demolitions of the 2016 season. Joining the "Kings of Crash" Junk Car Demo, will be the Figure 8 and Powder Puff classes. The Limited Stocks will participate in the Trail-Way/Susquehanna Shootout. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with heats beginning at 6:00 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

In the 358 Precise Racing Products point series event, Knaub experienced good luck from the start when he and polesitter Kyle Lear got together in turn four of the first lap, forcing Lear to the rear and putting Knaub on the pole for a complete restart.

The Superior Homes/382 Auto Sales #1 then led them all, crossing under the checkered flag in six minutes, 44.25 seconds, nearly more than ten seconds faster than the old track record set by Travis Mease (6:54.75) on July 17th of last year.

"We just pulled the car out of the pole barn this week to see how it would do," said Knaub after scoring his 17th career Trail-Way win.

Brad Shank drove a strong race to finish second.

"I thought I had a bigger lead than I did. My hat's off to Brad. He's been working hard to get better and he's doing a great job," continued Knaub, "I really like to race here. It's one of my favorite tracks."

Cam Zeigler, Lear (who came from the rear), and 2015 Precise series champ Travis Mease rounded out the top ten.

Qualifiers for the 13 "358" late models were won by Shank and Knaub.

Also setting a new track record was Jason Chronister in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Chronister started on the pole and covered the 15 laps in four minutes, 59.40 seconds, 16-hundredths of a second faster than his brother Matt's old track record of 4:59.56 seet on April 7, 2012.

Heats for the 19 limited stocks were won by Jason Chronister and Carroll.

In the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature, Johnstown's Jim Young grabbed the lead from the outside pole and led every lap. Tyler Walton, Brad Weber, Travis Scott, and Bo Gordon rounded out the top five.

Heats for the 16 micros were won by Gordon and Young.

Neal Reamer scored his first win of 2016 and the fourth win of his Trail-Way career in the 15-lap main event for Classic Cars. Ron Grove and Dylan Brown were second and third.

Joe Brown won the lone qualifier for the Classic Cars, but crashed hard into the outside wall exiting turn two on the backstretch in the feature.

Next Friday, May 20th, the 358 Sprints return to Trail-Way, to headline the Insinger Fuels 358 Spring Championship paying $1,200 to win. Joining the Sprints will be the Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints sponsored by Lucas Oil, Limited Stocks and Street Stocks. For the second week in a row, Trail-Way is inviting students to the races for free! Bring your ID card for free general admission entry and enjoy a jam-packed night of exciting side-by-side racing action! Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and heats begin at 7:45 p.m.

The following Friday, May 27th, will be "Camera & Autograph" Night at Trail-Way Speedway. The 358 Sprints headline along with the 600 Micro Sprints, ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends and Street Stocks. This will also be "Armed Forces Appreciation Night." Trail-Way welcomes all Armed Forces personnel to bring their military ID card and enjoy a free night at the races. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

TRAIL-WAY CANCELS MAY 6TH RACING PROGRAM DUE TO WEATHERChanges Made to 2016 Schedule

HANOVER, PA (5/6/2016) – For the third time in 2016, Trail-Way Speedway promoters were forced to cancel the Friday night racing program due to inclement weather. With three of five Friday night racing programs falling victim to unpredictable Spring weather patterns, Trail-Way promoters have decided to make a few minor changes to the 2016 racing schedule.

The Penn-Mar Vintage Cars will now have an added race date on Friday June 17th. This will come one week before the annual Penn-Mar Vintage Car “Les Coghill Memorial.”

With both Student Nights being affected by weather cancellations, track management has decided to move the events to the next two Friday nights. Trail-Way welcomes students to enjoy a night at the races, on us! Bring your school ID to receive free general admission. This will be good for Friday May 13th and Friday May 20th.

Trail-Way Speedway will try again next Friday, May 13th, with the return of the Precise Racing Products 358 Late Models. Joining the Late Models will be the 600 Micro Sprints, Classic Cars and Limited Stocks. This will also be “Kids Race Car Rides” Night! Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

The following Friday, May 20th, the 358 Sprints return to Trail-Way, to headline the Insinger Fuels 358 Spring Championship, paying $1,200 to win. Joining the Sprints will be the Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints sponsored by Lucas Oil, Limited Stocks and Street Stocks. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with heats scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

Sneeringer won on his first night out, just days after his crew picked up and dropped a new Don Ott motor into the DCI/D.E. Wildasin and Son #19Z.

“We missed opening night because we didn’t have a motor for the car,” said Sneeringer, “I want to thank the crew for picking it up this week.”

Sneeringer started sixth, took second from Seth Kearchner on lap seven, and chased down race-long leader Cody Fletcher over the next ten laps before passing the #66A on the backstretch of lap 18.

From there, he drove away to his 13th career Trail-Way win, with Kearchner crossing second and hard charger Mike Bittinger (who started 15th) third. Completing the top five were 12th-starting Doug Hammaker and Fletcher.

Rounding out the top ten were 11th-starting Randy Whisler, Chris Frank, Bobby Howard (racing at Trail-Way for the first time in 10 years), Brandon Noel, and Dave Thrush.

Heats for the 16 “358” sprints were won by David Holbrook and Fletcher. Holbrook started on the pole but dropped to the infield in the back stretch of the first lap.

Bernville’s Hayden Miller started on the pole and dominated the 20-lap 600cc micro-sprint feature, crossing 3.25 seconds in front of Travis Scott. Jim Young, 12th-starting Tyler Walton, and Bo Gordon finished third through fifth.Qualifiers for the 17 micros were won by Scott and Walton.

Mason Chaney made a last-turn pass around Chad Ernst to score a thrilling first career win in the 20-lap ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends feature.

Chris Transeau started on the outside pole and led the first eight laps. Chad Earnst, who started fourth, claimed the lead on lap nine. One lap later Transeau and Bill Diehl got together while racing for second in turn two. Transeau went to the rear and Diehl was cited for roughriding, also sending him to the rear.

Travis McClelland assumed second and Chaney third for the restart. Chaney, who was losing his brakes, went to the top, drove around McClelland for second with one lap to go, and charged around Earnst on the final turn.Earnst settled for second, with McClelland third, Greg Burd fourth, and Austin Bellamare fifth.

Chronister started on the outside pole and led the first seven laps before yielding to brother Jason Chronister. The Chronister brothers split a lapped car coming off turn four of lap ten. Jason, who may have struck the outside wall, dropped to fourth moments later, handing the lead back to Matt.

Matt led the rest of the way, with Wagaman, Ricky Weaver, Jr., 11th-starting Chad Weaver, and tenth starting Joseph Bowling (running in only the second race of his career) completing the top five.

Heats for the 20 limited stocks were won by Wagaman and Robbie Carroll, who was unable to start the feature event.

Next Friday, April 29, Trail-Way swings back into action with the Precise Racing Products 358 Late Models. Joining the Late Models will be the Limited Stocks, Vintage Cars, Street Stocks and the Mason-Dixon 270 Micro Sprints sponsored by Lucas Oil. This will be the first of two consecutive Friday nights that Trail-Way will invite students to attend a night at the races, for free. Bring your ID card for free general admission entry! Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and heats begin at 7:45 p.m.

The following Friday night, May 6, the 358 Sprints return to Trail-Way along with the ServiceMaster Clean Central PA Legends, Limited Stocks and the Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints sponsored by Lucas Oil. For the second week in a row, Trail-Way is inviting students to the races for free! Bring your ID card for free general admission entry and enjoy a jam-packed night of exciting side-by-side racing action! Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and heats begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

THREE FIRST-TIME WINNERS IN FOUR DIVISIONS AT TRAIL-WAYHANOVER, PA (4/15/2016) –For all he’s accomplished in 358 sprint car racing the past few years, including the 2015 Central PA Point Series championship, Carlisle’s Doug Hammaker had never won at Trail-Way Speedway.That is, until Friday night.

“This is the hardest place to win,” said Hammaker after driving the family Heavy Equipment Loaders and Parts/Hammaker’s Automotive #66 to his first career Trail-Way win in the season opener for 358 sprint cars, “I’ve been wanting to get one here, and quite frankly I have sucked here.”

An inversion of nine pulled by first heat winner Mike Bittinger put Hammaker on the pole for the start, and although he led every lap, he had to fight off the ongoing challenges of Dwight Leppo the entire race.

“I was trying to make my car as wide as I could, and Dwight kept trying to get around me,” said Hammaker, “The outside started working for him, so I decided to put on my big boy pants and move up a little.”

After drawing the highest possible inversion for the feature, Bittinger got together with Wyatt Hinkle and flipped exiting turn two of lap two. Bittinger was uninjured but done for the night.

Leppo started third when two drivers in front of him opted for the rear, got by Brandon Noel for second on lap two, and ran there the rest of the way.

Third through fifth were Jeff Halligan, hard charger Cody Fletcher (who started 11th), and Noel. Completing the top ten were Zach Euculano, Dave Thrush, Randy Whisler, Hinkle, and Steven Kisamore (in his first ever sprint car start).Heats for the 18 “358” sprint cars were won by Bittinger, Thrush, and Leppo.

It was also a first career Trail-Way win for Levi Peck of Orrstown in the 270c micro-sprint feature, which was shortened by three laps when the division reached its maximum number of cautions (eighth).

Bill Laughman, Cory Myers, Brian Marriott, and Chad Myers completed the top five..Qualifiers for the 25 270s were won by Laughman, Cory Myers, and Peck.

Ron Grove made it three first-time winners on the night by claiming the shortened 15-lap feature for Classic Cars. Grove started on the pole and held off the constant challenges of Neal Reamer and Joe Brown for the win. Grove also won the lone heat for the nine Classic Cars in attendance.

Chad Weaver, who also raced in the 270 micros, picked up the win in the 15-lap limited stock feature. Weaver assumed the lead twice in the race when different drivers both suffered mechanical problems while leading. First it was polesitter Ricky Weaver, Jr. who slowed to a stop on lap eight. Matt Chronister caught Weaver one lap later, but then pulled up lame entering turn one of the final lap.

Weaver was there to take the win, followed by Justin Wagaman, Robbie Carroll, Shane Miller, and Travis Brown.Heats were won by Ricky Weaver, Jr., Chad Weaver, and Jason Chronister.

Next Friday, April 22, Trail-Way swings back into action with the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars. Joining the 358’s will be the 600 Micro Sprints, Limited Stocks, and Central PA Legends. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and heats begin at 7:45 p.m.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

HANOVER, PA (3/26/2016) – Tyler Walton started on the pole for the opening day 600cc Micro Sprint feature at Trail-Way. "Kameron [Morral] got me on the start," explained Walton of the initial start, "but gave me just enough room to get by... I wasn't going to give it up that easy."

Walton got by Morral to lead the first lap and never looked back in the 20-lap event. Morral ran second the rest of the way crossing 0.79 seconds behind the Juniata Beverage sponsored 14T of Walton.

Walton could see lapped traffic in his future with 5 laps remaining, but the first caution on lap 17 prevented the leaders from battling through lapped traffic.

Walton held off Morral for two restarts before the checkered flag flew. Crossing third through fifth were Travis Scott, 12th-starting Bo Gordon, and Jim Young.

Heat winners for the 14 600cc Micro Sprints were Walton and Daniel Souder.

Mike Rutherford claimed his 100th win with car owner Ken Kaylor (of Kaylor Distributing) in the 20-lap Mason-Dixon 270cc Micro Sprint feature. Rutherford started outside the front row and nabbed the lead on the start over polesitter Mike Boer.

Several multiple-car cautions plagued the start of the feature, but Rutherford was solid on the restarts.

As the race continued, Rutherford pulled away from second-place runner Brian Marriott. "We have good luck here... [the car] handles pretty good on the frontstretch," said Rutherford in victory lane after claiming his 10th Trail-Way win. Rutherford's margin of victory at the finish was 2.34 seconds over Marriott.

Heats for the 37 Mason-Dixon 270cc Micro Sprints were won by Marriott, Mike Boyer, Rutherford, and Boer. Zachary Glass picked up the consi win.

Bobbie Wellman claimed his first career win in the 15-lap Limited Stock feature. Wellman took the lead on lap 5 from polesitter Travis Brown. Wellman paced the field for the rest of the race but slowed exiting turn 4 of the final lap. Wellman crossed just ahead of Jason Chronister who settled for second.

"I never thought I would win a Limited Stock race here," said an elated Wellman in victory lane, "the [front] axle broke at the end." But Wellman was able to keep the car straight in order to cross the finish line.

Third through fifth were Brown, Justin Wagaman, and Sarah Redmond.

Heat winners for the 15 Limited Stocks were Jason Chronister and Shane Miller.

Jim Rost claimed his first Trail-Way in the 20-lap Classic Car feature win after starting on the pole. Ninth-starting Joe Brown charged to the front and was 3rd by lap 8. Brown challenged 2nd-place runner Neal Reamer but was never able to make the pass. Reamer finished second with Brown third. Ron Grove and Charlie Summers rounded out the top five.

Heats for the 9 Classic Cars were won by Summers and Rost.

Next Saturday, April 2nd, AMA Motorcycle Short Track makes their 2016 debut at Trail-Way Speedway. Gates open at 9:30 a.m., with heats beginning at 1:00 p.m.The following day, Sunday, April 3rd, Trail-Way will host an open practice session for all dirt racing cars. Gates for this event open at Noon with practice beginning at 1:00 p.m. Practice sessions typically run until 4:00 p.m. The rain date for this event will be Sunday April 9th.

For all the latest news and related information from Trail-Way Speedway, fans are reminded to visit the speedway website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com. The complete story and agate from each race night is posted shortly after the final checkered flag.

CENTRAL PA "SHOOTOUT SERIES" TO EXPAND IN 2016Hanover, PA (1/30/16) – It all began with two racetracks. Hanover's Trail-Way Speedway and Abbottstown's Lincoln Speedway decided several years ago to try a 358 Sprint Car Shootout. It was a program that was designed to help both tracks bring in higher car counts while racing for a series payout. The Shootout Series provided an opportunity for many race teams to visit other tracks that normally weren't on their racing schedules, whether racing for points or just for fun. In an attempt to build on what these two tracks had started, Trail-Way Speedway owners and promoters Brad, Perry and Barry Hostetter have decided to extend the Shootout Series to several other Trail-Way divisions, including the 600 Micro Sprints, Street Stocks/Xtreme Stocks, Limited Stocks/Road Warriors, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Cars and the return of the 410 Sprint Cars!

Newly appointed Shootout Series director, Jeremy Mehring, organized the 2015 600 Micro Shootout and was looking for a larger challenge in 2016 by expanding the series to other divisions. Mehring owned and raced a 600 Micro Sprint for several years and wanted to give back to the sport he loved so much."I knew the cost of the sport and how much time and effort it takes to race a car weekly, so I wanted to give back to the drivers and race teams that dedicate their time and efforts to our local race tracks."Mehring is currently in the process of ironing out sponsor deals and race-day specifics."I really thought this would be cool for the fans to see new drivers and also for drivers to travel to new tracks. This is really about expanding our divisions for the enjoyment of our race fans."

The Shootout Series consists of two to three races per division, wherein each driver accumulates points from their feature finishes at each participating track. The highest point finisher will be crowned "Champion" of their Shootout. Special awards will also be given to other top finishers such as "Hard Charger" and "Hard Luck" awards. Each Shootout Series will award the top five finishers with a cash prize, including for some, sponsored product prizes!

The 2016 Shootout Series begins with the 600 Micro Sprints, who visit Linda's Speedway on Friday, June 10, then travel to Trail-Way Speedway on Sunday, July 10 (with 410 Sprints), and complete their Shootout at Path Valley Speedway on Saturday, July 16. Trail-Way Speedway Street Stocks will be teaming up with the Susquehanna Speedway Xtreme Stocks for a Shootout Series, which will begin at Susquehanna on Saturday, June 18, and then travel to Trail-Way on Friday, August 12. The Trail-Way Limited Stocks and Susquehanna Road Warriors will also take part in their own Shootout Series, which will start at Trail-Way on Saturday, July 2 (Junk Car Demo), and will finish at Susquehanna on Saturday, July 9.

The Trail-Way Speedway Friday night headliner, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprints, will continue their annual Trail-Way/Lincoln Shootout. Lincoln kicks off the two-race series on Saturday, August 27, and then completes the series at Trail-Way on Friday, September 2.

The 410 Sprint Cars will be returning to Trail-Way Speedway in a three-race Shootout Series with Susquehanna and Lincoln Speedways. The Series will start Saturday, July 9, at Lincoln Speedway and will continue the following night, Sunday, July 10, at Trail-Way Speedway for the 1st Annual Armin Hostetter Memorial. The 410 Shootout Series will conclude on Sunday, July 17, at Susquehanna Speedway.

The Shootout Series is currently looking for additional sponsors who are interested in participation with our Series. You can visit our website trail-wayspeedway.com and click the "Shootout" link on the right to view some of our sponsor ideas!

TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY GEARS UP FOR 2016 SEASONHanover, PA (1/18/16) – With the 2016 racing season around the corner, Hanover's Trail-Way Speedway is excited to announce an action-packed schedule, a revamped track look, and the return of the 410 Sprint Cars! Trail-Way Speedway will open their 44th consecutive season on Saturday, March 19, with the 600 Micro Sprints, Mason Dixon 270 Micros Sponsored by Lucas Oil, and the Central PA Legends.

A significant change during the off-season was the widening of the speedway surface. This January, Trail-Way Speedway widened the turns and front stretch by several feet. Although each turn is slightly different than the other, all four turns were widened by nearly 10 feet. Turn 2 saw the most significant increase in space and was widened by 14 feet. These changes were made not only to make the track more driver-friendly, but also to give the fans a more exciting race by increasing the driver's ability to pass.

The Shootout Series will be an exciting addition to the 2016 schedule. Trail-Way Speedway will team up with several different Pennsylvania race tracks to host a Shootout Series, which will tally feature finishing points from each track and offer an additional payout to the top five drivers at the end of the Series. The classes participating in the Shootout Series will be 410 Sprints (Trail-Way, Lincoln, Susquehanna), 358 Sprints (Trail-Way, Lincoln), 600 Micro Sprints (Trail-Way, Linda's, Path Valley), Limited Stocks/Road Warriors (Trail-Way, Susquehanna), and the Street Stocks/Xtreme Stocks (Trail-Way, Susquehanna).

One of the most notable additions to the 2016 schedule is the first Annual Armin Hostetter Memorial race featuring the 410 Sprint Cars. Last run on July 16, 2006, the 410 Sprint Cars will be part of a three-race Shootout Series beginning at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, July 9, and will travel a short distance to Trail-Way Speedway the following night, Sunday, July 10. The final race of the 410 Shootout Series will be held at Susquehanna Speedway on Sunday, July 17. Joining the 410 Sprint Cars at Trail-Way Speedway will be the 600 Micro Sprints, who will also be competing in their own Shootout Series. The 600 Micro Sprint Shootout Series will include races at Linda's Speedway on Friday, June 10, Trail-Way Speedway on Sunday, July 10, and concludes at Path Valley Speedway on Saturday, July 16.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic 358 Sprint Car Series will continue to headline Friday night racing at Trail-Way Speedway in 2016. The first of 16 scheduled races will be held on Friday, April 8. The Insinger Fuels 358 Spring Championship will be held on May 20, and the Trone Outdoor 358 Sprint Championship will be held on August 19. Trail-Way Speedway and Lincoln Speedway will also continue the annual Shootout Series, with the first leg held at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, June 18, and the conclusion held at Trail-Way Speedway on Friday, September 2. Big Mike's Crabhouse & Grill in Hanover, PA, will return as the Hard Charger sponsor, offering a $25 gift certificate to the driver that advances the most positions in the 358 Sprint Car feature races.

The Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series will return to Trail-Way Speedway in 2016 with six scheduled races, including the season-ending 18th Annual Thunder on the Farm, paying $1,200 to win. This year's Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series saw a significant increase in the amount of scheduled races. The race tracks involved in the 2016 Precise Racing Products 358 Late Model Series will be Trail-Way Speedway, Lincoln Speedway, and Susquehanna Speedway. A detailed schedule will be available on the Trail-Way Speedway website in the coming days.

The Micro Sprints will have a large presence at Trail-Way Speedway in 2016 with the return of the 600 Micro Sprints and the Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints Sponsored by Lucas Oil. The 600 Micro Sprints will begin their 14-race season on opening day, Saturday, March 19. The 600 Micro Sprints will also be involved in a three-race Shootout Series, which will include races at Linda's Speedway on Friday, June 10; Trail-Way Speedway on Sunday, July 10 (with the 410 Sprints); and will conclude Saturday, July 16, at Path Valley Speedway. The Mason Dixon 270 Micro Sprints Sponsored by Lucas Oil will also begin their season on opening day, Saturday, March 19. The MD270's Sponsored by Lucas Oil are scheduled for 14 races at Trail-Way Speedway in 2016. Both the 600s and 270s will conclude their racing season with the 27th Annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial/National Open on Saturday, September 24.

The Street Stocks, Central PA Legends, and Classic Cars will all return to Trail-Way for the 2016 racing season. Scheduled for 15 races, the Street Stocks will also be involved in a two-part Shootout Series with Susquehanna Speedway. The Central PA Legends are scheduled to return with eight races and the Classic Racing Series returns with six dates.

The fan favorite Junk Car Demolition Derby will be featured twice in 2016. The two Demo Derby dates will be called the "Kings of Crash." The first "Kings of Crash" event will be held Saturday July 2nd and will also feature the Limited Stocks in a Shootout Series race which will be partnered with a race with Susquehanna Speedway's Road Warriors at a date to be announced at a later time. The second Junk Car Demolition "Kings of Crash" event will be held Saturday August 27th. The Limited Stocks will race in a Championship event along with the Figure 8 and Powder Puff classes.

Motorcycles will return to the famed 1/3-mile oval on the farm for the 2016 racing season with three dates. Short track races will be held Saturday, April 2, and Saturday, September 10, while the Fifth Annual Armin Hostetter Classic will be held Saturday, June 4.

Sponsorship and marketing opportunities are abundant at Trail-Way Speedway for the 2016 racing season. There are several ways local businesses can participate in Trail-Way's programs—from seasonal sponsorships to individual event sponsorships, billboards, and contests—there's no limit to what Trail-Way Speedway can do to promote your company.

Trail-Way Speedway is located 5 miles west of Hanover and 10 miles east of Gettysburg off Route 116. If you're a social media participant, you'll be happy to know Trail-Way Speedway is now online! Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/trailwayspeedway and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/twspeedway for the latest track updates and racing results.

FAMILY CONTINUES ARMIN HOSTETTER'S LEGACY, UPGRADES PLANNED FOR 2016Hanover, PA (11/25/2015) - As anticipation grows among fans and race teams, Trail-Way Speedway is in the final stages of preparation and planning for the 2016 racing season. Hanover's Trail-Way Speedway is proud to announce that all major divisions will be invited back for the 2016 racing season.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, it's nearly time for the annual Trail-Way Speedway, end-of-year banquet. The 2015 banquet will be held at SAVES (Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services) Hall, located in Hanover, at the edge of McSherrystown. This year's banquet will be held on Saturday December 12th, which will be a week later than previous track banquets.

Sponsorship and marketing opportunities are abundant at Trail-Way Speedway for the 2016 racing season. There are several different ways local businesses can participate in Trail-Way's programs: from seasonal sponsorships to individual event sponsorships, billboards and contests, there's no limit to what Trail-Way Speedway can do to promote your company.

Trail-Way Speedway is located 5 miles west of Hanover and 10 miles east of Gettysburg off Route 116. Fans and race teams are invited to view our website www.trail-wayspeedway.com which features up-to-date news, photos, race/tech rules, race results and more! The 2016 race schedule will be available in the coming weeks. If you're a social media participant, "Like" us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/trailwayspeedway) and "Follow" us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/twspeedway) for the latest track updates and racing results!

HANOVER, PA (9/19/2015) – "Kevin was the best sprint car driver I ever watched race," explained Nik Gower to the applause of the crowd after he won the 40-lap Kevin Gobrecht Memorial/National Open in the 270cc Micro Sprints at Trail-Way Speedway.

"This is the 3rd one I won in Kevin's name," said Gower, "I love to win when the Gobrecht's are here." It helped too that he picked up an $850 paycheck (including a $50 bonus from Areo Wings) and a coupon for Hotshoe Racewear.

Gower started 4th, but didn't assume the lead until there were 2 laps remaining. Seventh-starting Steven Cox was scored first for laps 6 through 38, but when the caution flew after the completion of lap 38, Cox slowed to avoid the stopped Michael Eyler. Cox retired to the pits and reported that he lost his carburetor.

This gave Gower the lead, after a fuel stop, for the final restart. "I was going to win that race whether [Cox] broke or not," said a confident Gower in victory lane. Gower was scored 7th at the half way point and slowly worked his way to 4th by lap 31. Gower got around Cory Myers for second with 4 laps to go and began closing on Cox before that final caution.

"I don't know if there is any other race I would rather win," exclaimed Shawn Seifert after exiting his car in victory lane for the 600cc Micro Sprint portion of the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial/National Open, "We grew up racing together... It's a shame there are a lot of people out there that never got to race with [Kevin]."

Seifert started on the pole and led every lap despite pressure from fellow front row starter Hayden Miller throughout the race to win his 3rd Kevin Gobrecht Memorial.

Seifert avoided two major pile ups. The first of which happened entering the first turn on the initial green. Seven cars were involved with three retiring for the night (Mike Rynard, Brad Weber, and Brandon Rahmer). Kameron Morral, Travis Scott, Christian Reed, and Bo Gordon were able to continue. The second occurred on lap 14 as Austin Bishop and Danny Jones made contact in turn 2 causing Bishop to spin. They collected Colton Laughman who was bounced around when Nick Macri and Christian Reed had not time to react and hit Laughman. All five drivers were uninjured, but done for the night.

Miller crossed the finish line in a close second with 11th-starting Garrett Bard making a late race serge settling for third. Hannah Riser and 8th-starting Bret Cronrath completed the top five. Sixth and seventh were Scott and 18th-starting and Hard Charger Zane Rudisill.

Heats for the 20 600cc Micro Sprints were won by Travis Scott, Travis Keiser, and Bard.

Chris Transeau claimed the 25-lap Red Lion Chevrolet Central PA Legends Car feature by leading all 25-laps. Transeau started second and held of a persistent Chris McKinney the entire way.

"Those last 2 laps in lapped traffic," said Transeau, "I couldn't lose it here." And he didn't lose it. Following Transeau across the line were McKinney, Travis Perry, Bob Stough, and 11th-starting Bill Diehl.

Saturday October 3rd, Trail-Way is back in action with "Thunder on the Farm." Headlining this event will be the Limited Late Models along with the Street Stocks and the Limited Stocks. Gates open at 4:00 p.m., with heats scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday October 18th, Trail-Way hosts its final racing event of the season, the 13th Annual Kart Klassic. Gates for this event open at 7:00 a.m., with racing beginning at Noon.